One of the most obvious relationships between print and digital media is that digital media is often the print we hand-write typed up for organizational purposes. For me, I use each medium for specific costs. I only use print for writing in my agenda, writing reminders to myself, and for drafting ideas. For some reason, ideas just come to me quicker if I am hand-writing. Also, in most of my classes I hand-write my notes in a notebook instead of typing into a laptop. I know that I learn best from writing things down, and I've found that if I type notes in class, I may be listening, but I'm not really absorbing the material. However, I do type things when I want the appearance of whatever it is to be more organized and professional looking. For example, I type my final drafts of papers, and study guides. When I am making a study guide, I am often compiling a large amount of notes and resources into one document, so typing is faster and more efficient. Additionally, digital media can be shared, so although I can't easily share my agenda or my notes I write in a notebook, I can easily email or upload my paper to Blackboard by typing it.
Although it was predicted ten years ago that digital media would replace print, I do not think either will completely replace one another. Technology is a great tool for many aspects of our society, but the advantages of print media will probably never be the same as digital media. Print media is just too easy and quick to utilize. I do think however, that the two types of media will be combined more in the future. I already do this in my daily life. For one of my more challenging classes, the professor talks really fast, so I find myself often racing to copy down all the notes from the slide, and not even listening to her explanations. My solution to this was to print the powerpoint slides ahead of class, and then in class write on top of the printed slides the notes she gave us in class. By printing digital media, I am using both mediums to make my learning the most effective and efficient.
I thought this article was interesting, but I don't think anything it had to say will have any major implications on the future of everyday writing. Although the typical examples of everyday writing are print media, the digital types of everyday writing will probably not increase or decrease much in use.
As a "piler" myself, I liked the quote that said, "The mark of the contemporary office is not the pile. It's the file". Oftentimes, turning on my computer takes too much time and effort for me to just quickly access a file, so I will write a note on the back of whatever scrap paper I have near by. A corner of my desk is covered in different colored index cards and post-its, each with lists of things I want to accomplish in the future, but that haven't been completely checked off. The notes on the top of the pile tend to the best recent, or include the most important tasks, whereas the ones on the bottom I have mostly forgotten about. Gladwell was true in saying that piles on your desk "represent the process of active, ongoing thinking". The pile of notes on my desk is constantly changing, being sorted and thrown out, or added onto on a day when alot is on my mind. In this manner, I do not think that the concept of everyday writing will change in the future.
Word Count: 613
No comments:
Post a Comment