I feel like digital media has definitely made us reliant on our numerous devices to ‘remember’ things for us. For example, if I were to ever forget my friend’s birthday, I could easily check my calendar if I ever logged it into my phone, or check one of their social media accounts where birthdays are usually presented on a personal profile. The New York Times says, “ …The fact that the Internet never seems to forget is threatening, at an almost existential level, our ability to control our identities; to preserve the option of reinventing ourselves and starting anew; to overcome our checkered pasts…”. Additionally the same goes for things like phone and email contact lists, the average person wouldn’t have information like that memorized. I would say that digital media aids in the expansion of our knowledge because true knowledge isn’t memorization but understanding. Technological advancements as of recently, like iCloud storage, where all of one’s information is easily transferred from device to device, helps to release our minds from the strain of having to store loads of information and rather bring that information to us when needed be. Making problem-solving and brainstorming easier when its easier to track multiple bits of information and processes.
Sep 16 2020
