DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

TAMARA BEAMUS & MARCUS DAVIS

WHAT?DIGITAL COMMUNICATION IS A

ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN

ENCODED DIGITALLY.

EXAMPLES: EMAILS, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM.

HOW?DIGITAL COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOT

EVERYONE IS ABLE TO MEET UP FACE TO FACE, SOME PEOPLE LIVE

FAR AWAY AND THE ONLY COMMUNICATION AVAILABLE IS

ELECTRONICS.

WHAT IT MEANS TO TAMARA?

TO ME DIGITAL COMMUNICATION IS A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE

BECAUSE OF MY CELL PHONE, I’M ON IT A LARGE PERCENT OF THE

DAY WHETHER I’M TEXTING TALKING OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IF I DIDN’T HAVE A CELL PHONE I’D

PROBABLY BE MISERABLE.

WORLDWIDECELL PHONES ARE OWNED BY

OVERWHELMINGLY LARGE MAJORITIES OF PEOPLE IN MOST MAJOR COUNTRIES AROUND THE

WORLD, AND THEY ARE USED FOR MUCH MORE THAN JUST

PHONE CALLS.

WHAT IT MEANS TO MARCUS?

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION TO ME IS SKILLS THAT PEOPLE USE TO

COMMUNICATE THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS OR EMAIL. A WAY TO

DEMONSTRATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ACADEMIC

SUBJECTS OR IDEAS

WORLDWIDEIN 15 OF 21 COUNTRIES, AT

LEAST 25% OF THOSE POLLED USE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES.

ISRAEL (53%) AND THE U.S. (50%) TOP THE LIST WITH THE

HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS WHO SAY THEY USE ONLINE

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES SUCH AS FACEBOOK

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE

EMERGED

THERE ARE DEFINITELY MANY PROBLEMS WITH DIGITAL COMMUNICATION. I THINK THE

BIGGEST SOLUTION FOR THIS IS PEOPLES' RESPONSIBILITY THAT TEENAGERS DO NOT

WANT, FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR BAD LANGUAGE TO AFFECT THEIR CHANCES TO GET JOBS, THEY SHOULD SIMPLY BE RESPONSIBLE AND AVOID

USING BAD LANGUAGE IN THE INTERNET.