Digital culture, or the “information age” is the “period from 1970 onwards noted for the consumption and manipulation of information, especially by computers and computer networks”.
But why study the advancement of the last 40 years?
Digital culture is a culture of ever-changing advancements. Perhaps, and in my opinion the greatest advancement of recent times has been the inception of Web 2.0. The giant leap from it’s predecessor (web 1.0) has furthered, and deepened what and how we can browse the world wide web.
Before Web 2.0 their was no online shopping, gaming, even things like hyperlinks, facets of the internet and of the computer we now think of as second nature. All websites were HTML based. This video, “The machine is Us/ing us” by Professor Mesch from Kansas
In a world where modern media is always surging to more astounding inventions and furthering what we can do with electronics, it gives a different perspective of living from my generation (the first who always had computers at their disposal) and ones previous. For example, aside from a T.V and a radio, my Grandmother’s house doesn’t possess anything of new age modern technology. Compared with me and my video games, TV’s, laptop etc, shows the difference in who relies on electronics for working, hobbies and in this case, writing blog posts.
We now habit a society where a walkman, an idea marvelled and revered not 20 years earlier sits at the bottom of the metaphorical food chain, whilst I-Pod’s, MP3’s and less likely, Zune’s all become first choice(s) when it comes to listening to music. A society where I can play video games with people scattered around the globe from the comfort of my armchair. All that is required is a solid internet connection and 40 pounds out of my bank account. Who would of thought that was possible back when we were playing our “Sega Mega Drives”.
Digital culture is a fast-paced world full of miraculous and unfathomable inventions and discoveries, and it’s all something I want to know about, and perhaps be apart of. Whether it be something like digital radio, or something more drastic like a life-like robot with similar human emotions and life-like realism, something that’s well under way in Japan
Five years ago, the thought of robots to me were just converted “celebrations” tins with antennas on fighting on “Robot wars”. Yet now, with robots with human capabilities almost inevitable. What does the future hold for humans?
It’s all a part of a great, ongoing mystery. One I’m relishing!
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