Social media keeps us connected with more people,
creates the feeling that we have more friends, and makes us feel more
loved.
Zuckerberg introduced the News Feed so that people would be
able to see what was going on in their friend’s life without having to open all
of their profiles, making the feel more connected with half of the work. The
news feed shows that our attention span has dropped and that we want
information as soon as possible. We are willing to receive less information at
a quicker rate than to receive more information and take a longer time. In the
terms of literacy as to use the information, the News feed is very helpful.
Defining literacy as reading and developing your own idea with what is given,
the News Feed is a terrible creation.
Ambient awareness is the feeling of being with friends or
your partner even when you are miles away. The constant update of Facebook and
social media makes us feel like we are always with our friends, and that
someone is always there for us.
The negative to Ambient awareness is feeling like you really
know the person from what they tweet or post on Facebook, when in reality they
are complete strangers. Ambient
awareness allows friends to dive right into a conversation, they already know
how each other is doing because of posts on Facebook and Twitter.
Ambient update examples: Watching Scary Movie 5, Just had a
great dinner, I hate School.
With the news feed you can skim over and pick and choose
which posts you want to read. Relating to our class discussion this is hurting
our ability to be literate.
This article defines literacy as being able to stay
connected with friends and family, even if through a short post. This article
brings a new definition of literacy that I have not yet seen.
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