"Digital Nation" Review

2-3-2010

A Review of the Program: “Looking at Life in the Digital Nation”

“Digital Nation” was a very informative and interesting program about how technology has become so progressive and had created such paradigms shift over the years since the birth of the Internet.

Some examples cited:

-The school MIT was highlighted for the use of technology in the classroom. It was determined that the students, even though technologically advanced when compared to students at other schools, were easily distractible. The students are constantly multi-tasking and therefore are doing a disservice to themselves because they aren’t able to focus and concentrate on one task at a time.

- A segment of the program talked about the digital culture found in South Korea and that 90% of Korean children use the Internet in their daily lives. It was stated that digital media had become so addicting that some people have died from being so hooked on video games because they don’t eat or drink.

- Another segment spoke of a Bronx school and how due to technology, children had become engaged in the classroom, when they weren’t, before technology was introduced.

- Technological advancement in a war setting showed how military personnel are not put in harms way due to virtualized battlefields and use of simulated drones to carry out air strikes.

To summarize there is no doubt that technology has and will play an important role in our daily digital world. There are many pros and challenges in this cutting edge digital age. Balance is the key in creating a bridge from human interaction to digital life for successful use of technology in our ever-changing digital frontier. Hopefully the powers that be will use these advancements for the good of all and not go to the dark side of personal enhancement.

"frontline."(“pbs”) Web. 2 Feb 2010. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=proglist&utm_source=proglist.