The youngest digital immigrant is my Auntie, who is 28 years old. I have a large family with a lot of younger cousins who are constantly nudging her to get up to date with technology, but unlike other trying to learn the ‘new technology language’ my auntie refuses to learn it and uses more traditional means of communicating, gaining information etc. She still does her banking in meat space, if she wants to book a holiday – she’ll go into a travel agent, her job doesn’t need a computer as she’s a hair-dresser. Recently she bought her first mobile phone, but only so she can contact her kids when she’s out and a about, or visa versa. She only knows how to make and receive calls though, and hasn’t got a clue how to text.
How long will she be able to keep using traditional methods to go about her daily life, will technology soon take over completely and stop her from doing so?
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Do you think she should have a 'right' to resist? Is this technodeterminism -or sociodeterminism? (or something we've not discussed?) It certainly seems difficult to resist doesn't it?
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