While younger people today may not make distinctions between online and real-world friends according to Shirky, do you make distinctions between online vs. print media? Why or why not? Is there an advantage to one or the other?
The younger people today have grown up completely with the online world. Our age (current college students) were probably the intermediate generation in which our computer and internet knowledge didn't expand until middle or high-school, yet the younger people have started on the internet at a much younger age. Because of their age, they are probably much more susceptible to the dangers of the internet and the people on the internet.
Although today we are completely computer savvy, I don't think that our generation can make distinctions between print media and online because they all technically come from the same source. Almost any article you find in print media can be found online. The slight advantage of using online media is that it is much cheaper and much more easily accessible, which is why most print media outlets are leaning towards online media sources as well.
Not to mention - it's easier to make corrections, etc.
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