Katrina Hayes

Journal #3

02/14/2014

 

 

 

                It never really crossed my mind how much the cyber world as taken over some people lives, until I watched the documentary Digital Nation. It really opened my eyes about some things that are going on in today’s society. I have to admit I have become a victim of the digital nation fiasco, often times I find myself texting instead of calling. Often times I am always on Facebook, Instagram , Twitter and internet all from my phone it has become a bad habit, I used to judge my friends for always being in the social media sites now I am just as bad as they are on those sites. I grew up in the 80’s-90’s era the only fun we had was outdoors and limited video games, internet was not as popular and accessible as it is now. Growing up my parents made sure I stayed active in other activities such as band, piano and chorus I did not have an option to stay indoors and play video games for hours. I did not receive my first video game until I was in High School all my friends had them much younger my parents were strict and made sure I knew what it was like to be a kid. It seems like every other month there is a new device out and some people stand in lines for hours sometimes even days to keep up with the times of the world. It  is all  about keeping up with the times, and the way the world is moving forward,  I personally don’t have a problem with the digital nation it has its pros and cons some people may use it for good and others for bad I just refuse to get caught up in all the hype and completely lose myself.