Journal #7

The relationship between print and digital media is that they both serve generally the same purpose. They both are a way of communication through writing. Whether it be a tweet or a hand written letter, both are used to communicate. In the article it talks about how Air-traffic control still uses printed forms than they use digital forms. The arguments made are reasonable, but in todays day and age its time to upgrade to more digital. Im not saying exile print forms completely but substitute more digitial not to only be more efficent but also to be safer. The article stated that the Air-traffic control desks are cluttered with pieces of paper and sticky notes of information regarding the airplanes flying. This result in the Air-traffic control making mistakes leading to disasters. If they had more digital forms of information it would be more efficient, quicker, and secure.

In my personal opninon I do believe that digital media will overcome print text as years past. Technology grows every single day. Think about the past one-hundred years or so. The spike of technology development has gone through the roof. Or even think about the technology development over just the past ten years or so. The first mobile cell phone was created in 1990; now we have smart phones just fourteen years later. Everything is turning to the use of technology and digital text. I visited my cousin who is in second grade and found out that roughly ninety percent of the work they do in class revolves around the use of technology.

In regards to everyday writing with the "take over" of technology and digital forms of media I believe that the use of print forms of everyday writing will slowly fade away. Im not saying that print forms of everyday writing will vanish completely but the majority of it will be converted into digital forms. A good example of the switch to digital forms are billboards. The invention of digital billboards made it possible to have multiple advertisements at once instead of a single one. Also the invention of digital billboards my guess made it more cost efficient for buyers looking to advertise. Think about how many more digital billboards you come across on a day-to-day basis. Digital forms of text and media are becoming the new form of everyday writing due to the rapid growth of technology.