{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"72583410","dateCreated":"1426393601","smartDate":"Mar 14, 2015","userCreated":{"username":"frankbarnes3","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/frankbarnes3","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ccs395.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/72583410"},"dateDigested":1532726240,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Additional Input to Wiki Post: \"Digitality as a 'Civilizing' Phenomenon\".","description":" The line between civility and digital culture has been both blurred and bridged, almost entirely going hand-in-hand among mindsets of the modern era. The banner of connectivity has undergone extreme standardization in the western\u2013particularly American\u2013culture, which has in turn maintained itself as a normalized model of digitality of worldwide scale. I agree with Ahmed when he highlighted that \u201calthough smartphones are something we hold so dearly, our use of it is civilized only because we render it so. The real civilized people are those who are not constantly on their phones and engulf themselves in the world around them\u201d. As a change of focus, I will align my input towards the digital playground that has arisen\u2013the cyber tyranny that has in fact become psychologically disruptive to true civility across a digitalized world.
\n The defining digital arc of the modern technological era is the Internet. While not downplaying any of the positive benefits of web connectivity, there is an undeniable plight for internet users facing uncomfortable and seemingly unprovoked online behavior. Welcome to the age of the cyberbully, troll, and digital antagonist\u2013just to cover a few aliases that are associated to people reinventing belittling and negative mannerism. This is still in line with the idea of digitality as a\u201dcivilizing\u201d phenomenon, because it is one contrasting perspective to the actual lack of digital civility that is on the loose.
\n In an ideal civilized state, there would be a draining effort exerted to be able to behave in the abusive and barbaric ways asserted by negatively charged users of internet media, sites, and other various platforms of connectivity. Remarkably, the ease of which people move to target, fuel, and influence responses to content is the uncivilized implications created by (generally) unmanaged digital gateways.
\n Moving on from internet ethics\u2013looking back at smartphones reveals another daily phenomenon carried out, which is reliably on mobile phone as an extension of essential life function. Cellphones have developed into attention-demanding utilities for work, social, and personal endeavors as means of tracking, organizing, and maintaining various activity. This resource encompasses a multitude of connectivity networks, allowing users to interact in a structured and patterned digital culture. To argue, the deeply-embedded attachment to one\u2019s phone that is often created is an ominous spiraling out waiting to happen. For instance, when a Wi-Fi\/LTE signal is disrupted, and email cannot be sent out nor received, a person (myself included) might experience a mental and\/or physical shutdown. There can be an experience of panic, frustration, and anguish, all due to this disabled connection.
\n Regarding the convergence of digitality and civility, I do not believe that this should be upheld. The notion of civilization is favorable towards the foundation of community structure and organization. The presence of digital technology does impact structure and imparts organization, however the collective nature in being engulfed in digital stimulation, displayed throughout nations, hints that this over-utilization both opposes and subjects civility to stages of erosion.
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\nBukowski, Angela. \u201cThe Art of Being Human in a Digital Civilization\u201d. Marinas Universities. 3 Apr. 2014. Web. 14 Mar. 2015.
\n<http:\/\/marianistuniversities.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/FINAL-The-Art-of-Being-Human-in-a-Digital-Civilization.docx<\/a>>.
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\nWeckerle, Andrea. \u201cCivility in the Digital Age\u201d. Pearson Education. 23 Feb. 2013. Web. 14 Mar. 2015.
\n<http:\/\/ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com\/images\/9780789750242\/samplepages\/0789750244.pdf<\/a>>.
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\n\u2013 Frank","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}