Several sections have been established to mirror this: E-motion [audio/visual], Images [Graphics, images, artistic snapshots] and Press [News related to the subject matter]. I am aware that the structure of the Tumblog will evolve over time but I feel that it is crucial to give it vertebrae at this point.

Although initially tentative in relation to the Tumblog I now feel comfortable with its structure and feel that this sense of ease will contribute to my interaction on it.

Already there has for me been an establishment of EDC community. Intimate in number I feel that the synchtube session early in the week was instrumental in solidifying the essence of group.

The subject matter of this module is completely new to me and so this week I initially felt pulled in several different directions. My posts questioned the societal impact of technology and the potential for digital desensitization to take place as a result of this coupling.

Interaction with the other Tumblogs has been invaluable in gaining multiple perspectives. It has been refreshing [and reassuring] to note that others are thinking along similar veins. I am excited about the week ahead…

With each generational wave, our level of expectation from technology and the digital realm continues to rise.  Digital has become commonplace, standard, that which is required as a starting point. Today’s digital native uses a very different digital base line to measure life against compared to the digital immigrant.

Has our constant absorption of the digital helped to create an insatiable need to remould ourselves in order to become better at  participation in the digital realm itself? The infiltration of mass media into our existing has made us dependent on it questioning how or why we should ever function without.

Consumerism feeds our need to have that sought after device, that accessory that is ‘so now’. Ownership and access to the digital creates exclusivity and a sense of  belonging, creating communities and groups . The Future of Communication video outlines one possible route that the digital world could pursue and how that route would impact upon our being.

Digital culture has become part of our being  / Our being has become an inseparable part of  digital culture.