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Harmon 1 Jeffrey Harmon Christopher Glover OGL 340 11Sep22 Digital Literacy 1. Ohler describes literacy as, “a skill area that is fundamental to successful citizenship as well as the abilities associated with that skill area” (Ohler Ch.11). With these skills re- quired to be “literate”, he goes on to describe digital literacy in the sense of the “skills as- sociated with consuming and producing the media forms of the day” (Ohler, Ch.11). When taking these mentions into account then we can accurately see the difference from literacy in the form of reading and writing and the digital sense of literacy. With the adaptation of the digital world, we have to adjust to the new advances that come out in technology. With these new advances, there are new skills that must be learned in order to become literate in the digital world. 2. With the response from the first question, we come to the answer of whether or not I am digitally literate or not. I would say that I am quite literate when it comes to the digital as- pect of the term. I know quite a bit about computers and also the inter-web and the work- ings of it. I may not know all things about the internet and the inner workings like coding and what not, but I can function and make my way around. I grew up in the digital world, and everything revolved around the internet. Whether it was gaming or social media and becoming one with the times, there were skills that I had to learn. When Ohler discussed about media collages, take it back to the times of Myspace where you had your profile with all of the collages and different coding that was required to learn in order to make your wall pop. This gave you the image and also the recognition that you were digitally literate so to speak at the time. Lastly, I believe I am digitally literate because when it comes to the two areas of literacy, media and also information, I have excelled in this. I use media on a daily basis, with stories or Instagram or Facebook. I understand how the editing works, and what will peak the interest of my audience or who is viewing my con- tent. My example of having information literacy is the constant understanding of what goes on with the internet and knowing how to find facts about whatever it is I am reading or writing about. You can’t always trust everything you see in the digital world, so under- standing every bit of information and fact checking it is very critical. 3. I really liked the words he used to describe the importance of each and every language, “If all languages now shared a common (intra-)mundane status, then all were in principle equally worthy of study and admiration” (Anderson Ch.5). Take this and apply it to the digital sense, because not everything we see on the internet could be seen as literate. I find it sometimes very hard to understand some of the new jargon that is being used in this digital age. I think Anderson would describe the digital culture as ever changing, not remaining stagnant in one type of language. I don’t really believe that there is one com- mon language when picturing the digital culture, but there is a mutual understanding that everybody is able to access and language with the computer translation at the tips of their

Harmon 2 fingertips. As for the concept of nationalism, you enter into the digital culture as whoever you want to be, sharing your thoughts and ideas and diving into whichever language you choose. So you have a sense of pride in whatever you choose to belong to in the digital world. If your language is strictly that of memes, gifs, and emojis, then you will find commonalities with those who share the same type of language. If you choose to learn new languages and translate everything you want, then you’re able to change whatever language you want with ease. It is very comparable to that of any cultural language, you are going to find where you fit, or choose to learn new languages to diversify yourself.

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