• Modern media
    • Social Media
      • Text-based
      • Image-based
    • Image boards
    • Forums (Text boards)
    • TV streaming
  • Classic media
    • Print
    • Television (Cable/Linear)
    • Radio
    • Theatre
    • physical mail

  • small child sitting in front of a keyboard, mouse and microphone

  • small child: ”digital native” (young age → new technology)

    • most children nowadays get a phone at a young age and know how to use it quickly
  • title: ”being five”, subtitle: ”a kid who blogs using voice recognition software” (satire mocking this idea of ”digital natives”)

  • parents: ”digital immigrants”

    • lots of business (especially in Germany) have trouble with digitalization, Merkel: ”Das Internet ist fĂĽr uns alle Neuland”
  • grandparents: ”digital retards”

    • old man yells at cloud except it’s my grandmother yelling at her phone
  • degree of media literacy expected per generation

  • IM

  • websites

  • streaming


  1. embrace a virtual lifestyle
  2. support self-initiated learning
  3. provide a platform
  4. erosion
  5. collaborate
  6. aquaintances
  7. reveal
  8. inadvertently
  • a great many
  • a great number of
  • numorous
  • a pool of
  • a huge amount of
AddingContrastingConcluding
Not onlyHoweverHence
MoreoverDespiteFinally
AdditionallyThoughLastly
FurthermorebutLast but not least
Firstly, Secondly, …In constrast to / ContrastingTherefore
AlsoOn one hand + on the other handIn conclusion
In additionTo sum up
Aside/Apart fromBecause of this
Thus

Is digital media replacing traditional media?

  • Books/theatre are still very widely spread
  • Print news have been mostly replaced by TV, podcasts & online articles
  • TV and radio are being replaced by streaming services
  • nobody uses physical media except as a collectors item
  • digital media is much more convenient
  • newer generations use digital media exclusively