2/28/14 My Digital Life

Digital communication is essential in the world of today.  Of course, digital communication is the sharing of information digitally through technology.  Something with so much influence must have a substantial risk of danger.  Many people don't know that what they do on the internet can dramatically impact them.  It's on the web, right?  It's just a computer.  This isn't so.  Not only on the internet can you be in danger, but also when using digital devices in the real world.  Texting is a great example of this in action.  Though the majority of people don't text while they're driving, it's still a major issue causing numerous car crashes every year.  Many people think that it will just take a moment to respond to a text.  Though this may be true, that fact doesn't take away from the danger of doing it while driving.  When texting and driving, your brain can only focus fifty percent on each.  This does not result in doing a good job at either.  This can quickly and easily result in disaster.  The best thing to do is put your phone out of reach, turn it off, or ask someone in your family or a friend driving with you to text for you.  You are also in potential danger online.  Whatever you upload or send can never be deleted.  At least, it's so extremely unlikely that it is almost impossible to get rid of it.  People save photos, share videos, send texts, repost audio files, and reblog things all of the time.  If any of your friends or family are ever in trouble on the internet, you should talk to them about it immediately.  You should also inform an adult, preferably the victim's parents, so that they can offer any assistance they can to help fix the problem.  Let's say somebody sends an inappropriate, revealing picture to a close ¨friend¨.  The ¨friend¨ might send it to some of his or her friends who could send it to their friends.  Eventually the picture could be spread out across hundreds of people.  Everyone digitally communicating must be careful with what they send and receive on their digital devices.  Many things can very quickly get out of hand.  I found a video called A Brief History of Communication at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDkxsNmKDGk&scrlybrkr=5ba99451 that, like the name alludes to, illustrates communication from the beginning to the communication of today.  It explains how people first shared information through speech with each other.  Later they write it down, sharing the information with others.  Then a man communicates through a telephone to a person that broadcasts it on the radio.  A baby and grandmother here it over the radio.  A couple sees it on their television.  A man prints out a fax of it.  Another man sees it on his computer and calls a friend to tell him or her amidst a world full of technology where everybody is connected.  I agree with binjder, the person who posted the video, ¨Live life unmuted¨.