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September 7, 2006
"Lively Internet Debate"
This morning I was listening to the 2006 highlights of Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me, the NPR weekly news quiz show. Of course, I was listening to it as a podcast. In response to one of the questions, one of the panelists remarked that the topic had sparked a “lively Internet debate” in the past week. This sent the rest of the panelists off in peals of laughter. One of them even called it one of the great phrases of the 21st Century. In fact, they thought it was so funny that they chose this segment as a highlight of the year.
It seems to me that this may be another example of the growing separation between “digital natives” and “digital immigrants,” to use Marc Prensky’s terms. It’s very hard to convey the sense of place and physicality that the Internet provides to people who use it all the time. This is really at the crux of the divide between the kids on MySpace and the adults on the outside.
On a related note, Apple seems poised to announce a movie download service on iTunes. Many of the pundits can’t figure out why anyone would want to view a feature-length film on an iPod or spend the time to download a movie on the network. These are probably the same digital immigrants, but I can’t wait!
Posted by Pat on September 7, 2006 8:17 AM
