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The Impact of Technology
If you were born in 1993…
We’ve probably all seen e-mail or some text that starts this way. Chances are at least one of the sources is from The Mindset List. Started at Beloit College as a way to inform college professors about the characteristics of each new incoming class of freshmen, the list has “gone viral” and is now an international phenomenon. If you look at the class of 2015, for example, you’ll read that: “This year’s entering college class of 2015 was born just as the Internet took everyone onto the information highway and as Amazon began its relentless flow of books and everything else into their lives. Members of this year’s freshman class, most of them born in 1993, are the first generation to grow up taking the word “online” for granted and for whom crossing the digital divide has redefined research, original sources and access to information, changing the central experiences and methods in their lives.” http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2015/ In short, you are the part of that first generation of “the web” and a transformation of media that impacts every aspect of our culture. This web text explores this transformation and helps us understand how much things have changed in the world of media, how it has impacted our culture, and how it has impacted writing. |
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