It seems like my hour journey on the internet was just five minutes ago. I am pretty sure we all sometimes get so absorbed on the net that we loose track of time, maybe that is because laptops and cellphones are our new television and digital social device. It keeps us entertained and busy. The internet to me is, a never ending digital quest of a common man in search of a question.

In my case the question was, what camera should I buy?

First I searched on google, the difference between Nikon and Canon. Then I searched and narrowed my decision to the different models that fit my budget. Of course I clicked on a google AD site, on top of all searches, which now will display camera advertising on my computer for a while. Also viewed some youtube review videos. While I was in search, my friend called me about some limited edition sneakers that were releasing soon, so then I put him on speaker and had a mini phone meeting about sharing information on how and where it might be releasing, while reading some sneaker/fashion Blogs.

In the pre-digital era, to find a camera fit for me, I would have to go to a store and ask an expert on the differences between cameras. Due to the digital era we can now obtain and find answers to our question in minutes from different inputs from professionals on the web/blogs. One activity that still remains the same from pre-digital era to now is the delivery process of a product. From planning to delivery, we still need the assistance of humans today.

Computerization and digitization has brought both negative and positive consequences. One positive side to it is that is delivers media much faster than print. “even if massively faster than, the print revolution” (Couldry, 10). Faster spread of media allows it to deliver information to more people which leads to a more informed and educated group of people in society. One negative aspect of digitization is its ability to store information and track user activity. This leads to private information being shared with others. But one question I have is, do we really have a choice not to use the internet in this period of time?