DIGITAL WORLD

 

Introduction of Digital World

The Digital world, a world of digital technology, is made of digital systems and technology in contemporary society.

The digital world is a complex world with varieties of technical things; however, it can also be regarded as simple as people want. For instance, there are many products that belong to the digital world, such as telephone and phonograph. These two examples are common products in people’s daily life, and they are very simple. But how do these products work? Now let us take a first look at the system used in the digital world.

This is a very good illustration of how the digital world works. Technical products in the digital world have different constructions, but they have the same system. According to the picture showed above, the system consists of several parts: input transducer, transmitter, transmission channel, receiver, and an output transducer. The message, or the information, can be transmitted through these parts.

Now that we already know some basic knowledge for the digital world, we can go deep into the tour.

In fact, people could be confused about the system showed above. We can simplify the system a little bit. Now let us see some products that we are familiar with in order to let you feel the tour is not boring (actually it is interesting!).

 

 

In today’s world, it is completely a digital world. Things we love are usually known as electric products such as I Pad and I Phone. But how do they take important roles in our life? The answer is because they can provide us a way of communicating with people. And the communication system also represents the digital world. The communication system has three parts: the message, signal, and information. Let us see how these three parts work together.

 From the video above, the message is the break-up message from the boy. Additionally, the signal is from the iPhone. Finally, the information is transmitted from the iPhone to the girl. Although this is a sad story, it can well illustrate how communication systems work.

 By the end of the tour, we have already seen how the digital world works. And we can also know the importance of the digital world, which makes our life better.                                 

 

 

ADVANTAGES OF DIGITAL MARKETING

 Digital technology has transformed nearly every aspect of modern life. Travel, work, shopping, entertainment, and communications are just some of the areas that have been revolutionized in recent decades. It's now rare to find an electronic device or piece of machinery that doesn't incorporate digital technology in some way.

Digital technology means that devices can be more compact, faster, lighter, and more versatile. Huge amounts of information can be stored locally or remotely and moved around virtually instantaneously. Even the term "information" has expanded to include media such as photos, audio, and video, and no longer refers to just words and numbers.

16 Digital Technology Benefits

1. Social Connectivity
2. Communication Speeds
3. Versatile Working
4. Learning Opportunities
5. Automation
6. Information Storage
7. Editing
8. Accurate Duplication
9. GPS and Mapping
10. Transportation
11. Low Cost
12. Entertainment
13. News
14. Warfare
15. Banking and Finance
16. Smaller Sized Devices

1. Social Connectivity

Digital technology makes it easy to stay in touch with friends, family, and work remotely, even if you are in another part of the world. You can communicate with words, video, audio, and exchange other media. Websites, apps, and software have all been created to help users to socialize. Social media, messaging, texting, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones, mean that nobody needs to feel isolated in the digital world. Users can be regularly updated with news on local events and social happenings.

2. Communication Speeds

Internet speeds have increased exponentially since the early days of dial-up. Ever faster broadband enables the transfer of large amounts of information across the web almost instantaneously, making it possible to stream video and audio in real-time, send large data files, and access data from virtually anywhere in the world. Traditional media communication can take much longer.

3. Versatile Working

The nature of work has been transformed by digital technology. Increased connectivity options mean that many people now have far more opportunities for working from home, as remote working becomes increasingly common. Many jobs can now be done from hundreds, or even thousands of miles away without difficulty. Without the need for all workers to be present in the same building, many other flexible working practices are now possible.

4.
Learning Opportunities

Anybody with access to the internet now has access to a huge proportion of the world's knowledge over the web. Lessons and courses can now be delivered virtually online. Communication advances mean that you can now easily communicate with most of the world's population and learn directly from sources, for example, if you are trying to understand foreign events, or learning a new language. Digital technology can also be easier to use for people with disabilities and often give them equal access.

5. Automation

Digital technology is increasingly making machines smarter. In some cases, the machines no longer need humans to operate them, freeing up workers from often repetitive tasks for more interesting jobs. In other cases, smarter machines mean better standards of safety or a better experience for the user. Products and services drop in price as the technology develops and becomes more common. Many tasks can now be done directly by customers, rather than having to be done through another person acting as an intermediary, for instance, booking a holiday.

6. Information Storage

Digital technology enables the storage of massive amounts of information in relatively small spaces. Large amounts of media, such as photos, music, videos, contact information, and other documents can be carried around on small devices like mobile phones. As well as physical locations, data can also be stored online, enabling it to be accessed from any device which has internet access.
Creative options for editing videos and photos have increased exponentially with the advent of digital technology. The technology is more affordable and easier to use too, which used to require a studio with expensive equipment can now be done at home

7. Editing

one of the great advantages of digital technology over traditional media is that the information can be much easier to edit or manipulate. Word processing has brought about a revolution in the editing of text. Video editing, which used to require expensive studios and equipment, can now be done on a laptop in a bedroom. All sorts of photographic effects are now available, as well as the ability to crop, resize, and creatively alter images.

8. Accurate Duplication

One of the great things about digital technology is that it enables the exact duplication of media. For instance, you can write a work report and email it to multiple recipients, or you can distribute multiple copies of photos to family and friends. Breakthroughs in technology are now happening in the field of 3D printing, which looks set to radically transform our world.

9. GPS and Mapping

Finding your way around used to involve referring to a paper map, but digital combined with satellite technology has transformed travel. GPS services can now pinpoint your position accurately, update you on traffic jams and road closures in real-time, and give you lots of up-to-date information such as time of arrival at your destination, as well as alternative routes. If you want to find a gas station or drugstore that's open, that's easy too.

10.  Transportation

Many trains and airplanes already rely to an extent on digital technology. Road vehicles, such as cars and trucks, will become fully automated in the not too distant future. Accessing timetables, as well as booking planes and trains now often take place online. Passports contain digital chips that hold information, enabling self-service machines to speed up the process of checking in and passing through customs.

11. Low Cost

Aside from paying for internet service and the basics like a modem, much of what the digital world offers can be accessed for free. Sending an email, communicating via a video link-up with family, and surfing the internet generally cost nothing. It can provide opportunities for low-cost self-education, setting up a business, buying and selling items, or earning money online.

12. Entertainment

The entire entertainment industry and the way that people amuse themselves have been radically transformed since the start of the internet revolution. Many people get their fun from online social media or playing computer games. Traditional media has evolved too, as televisions and broadcasting have become digitized, along with the radio.
Traditional sources of news such as newspapers have seen a dramatic decline in recent years, as digital media takes over. Many people now get their news via social media, as well as directly from news websites.

13. News

Increasing numbers of people get their news online, either via a website or social media. Even traditional news media, such as TV and radio, have been digitalized. People have more options for news sources than ever, and most of it is available 24 hours per day. Independent and do-it-yourself journalism is now very common, as well as ordinary people taking photos and videos on their phones at locations where a news event is taking place.

14. Warfare

Advances in technology mean that wars can increasingly be fought remotely, avoiding the risks associated with having soldiers physically present on or above the battlefield, where they are prone to injury or death. Drones and missile technology are particularly reliant on digital technology to work effectively, but most machinery used in warfare is being gradually becoming increasingly automated. Many technologies that have been created for military purposes, such as the internet and GPS, are now in civilian use.

15. Banking and Finance

There’s no doubt that digitalization has led to a revolution in financial matters. Online banking is done either through a laptop, tablet, or phone app is now the norm. Bank users can now check their incoming and outgoing payments remotely, as well as arrange money transfers and bill payments. Outside of banking, other financial matters, such as buying and selling currency and shares can be dealt with online. Transferring money between accounts both nationally and internationally has also seen a great deal of innovation in recent years.

16. Smaller Sized Devices

One general effect of digital technology that is almost taken for granted is that devices can be made much smaller. The phones that we carry around are mini-computers, for example, capable of surfing the net, working as calculators, planning journeys, capturing and playing photos, audio, and videos, providing games for our amusement, as well as operating as phones and having other functions. Smaller devices generally mean more portability and less space used up in living spaces.

      DISADVANTAGES OF DIGITAL WORLD

17 Digital Technology Disadvantages

1. Data Security
2. Crime and Terrorism
3. Complexity
4. Privacy Concerns
5. Social Disconnect
6. Work Overload
7. Digital Media Manipulation
8. Job Insecurity
9. Plagiarism and Copyright
10. Anonymity and Fake Personas
11. Over-reliance on Gadgets
12. Addiction
13. Second-hand Living
14. Organization and Storage
15. Depersonalized Warfare
16. Longevity
17. Social Depersonalization

1. Data Security

Digital technology means that vast amounts of data can be collected and stored. This can be private information concerning individuals or organizations. It can be very difficult to keep this data safe. Just a single breach can mean vast amounts of private information going into the hands of criminals, terrorists, business rivals, foreign adversaries, or other malign entities.

2. Crime and Terrorism

The internet is fertile territory for malevolent forces to operate, thanks to its international nature, vast scale, and the relative anonymity that users can enjoy. Examples of this include: terrorists using social media to promote themselves and encourage others; drug dealers using the dark web to trade; pedophiles using chat rooms and other places to groom potential victims, exchange photos, videos, and other information; and authoritarian regimes attempting to sway or distort elections in democratic countries.

3. Complexity

We no longer understand the workings of the devices and machines that we interact with on a daily basis. Fixing a modern car now means interacting with a computer, it is no longer just mechanical. Using a phone can involve tackling all sorts of complicated settings. Minor glitches in the operations of a laptop can cost both time and expense.

4. Privacy Concerns

It's become much harder to have personal privacy in the digital world and that's on top of the dangers of your personal data being stolen or sold. For instance, everybody has the ability to take photos and video footage on their mobile phone and then post it online. Employers can search for people online and maybe find unflattering photographs, or see those expressing controversial opinions in social media or blogs. Digital cameras watch and record our movements in public places. Minor indiscretions can now haunt an individual for life when they're posted on the internet. Controlling your personal information is very difficult and sometimes impossible.

5. Social Disconnect

There is an increasing tendency for people to socialize and communicate via digital devices rather than through real-life contact. This can easily lead to a sense of disconnect and isolation. Human beings have evolved over thousands of years to have real contact, taking that away affects them in all sorts of negative ways that we only just beginning to understand. Studies have suggested that the lack of real-life contact is causing depression and other forms of mental illness in many people. There are a number of psychological studies suggesting that the digital world is causing an increased risk of mental illness. Examples include reliance on social media for contact, online bullying, and work stress through information overload.

6. Work Overload

Many modern workers spend their days trying to keep up with the hundreds of emails that they are sent each week, all of which require reading and some of which require replies or action. Texts from colleagues in the evenings or on the weekend can mean that people never fully escape work. Organizing the vast amount of digital data acquired in some jobs, such as the minutes of meetings, training videos, photographs, reports, and instructions can also be a huge headache.

7. Digital Media Manipulation

Digital media such as photographs, audio, and video are easy to edit, making the manipulation of media widespread. It's not always easy to tell what is real and what is fake anymore. Photographs can be altered using editing tools such as Photoshop. Digital audio and video can be doctored. The issues will only intensify as technology improves.

8. Job Insecurity

It used to be that you had to be physically present at a workplace to do a job, but now many work tasks are performed remotely via the internet. That means a Third World worker in a low wage economy can undercut you and take your job. Increasingly, humans aren't needed at all for many tasks, as computers gradually replace them. Driving and delivery jobs, for instance, will disappear soon as vehicles become automated.

9. Plagiarism and Copyright

Digital media is remarkably easy to copy and reproduce. Copyright laws are increasingly hard to enforce, as the music and movie industries have discovered to their cost. School kids can copy and paste their homework projects without really learning anything. A culture of "sharing" on social media means that often the original creator of a piece of media is forgotten, as the piece is adapted and claimed by others.

10. Anonymity and Fake Personas

Digital technology provides wide scope for users to hide their identities. Studies show that people are much more likely to behave anti-socially if they don't think that there will be any consequences. Bullying, trolling, stalking, threatening, and insulting behavior have all increased dramatically with the rise of the internet. People assume fake personas for the purposes of scamming and defrauding. Pedophiles use fake personas to gain access and befriend children.

11. Over-reliance on Gadgets

Reliance on mobile phones, computers, and other digital gadgets has become common. Many people have all their contact information, photographs, texts, and other personal information on their phones. If they lose them, or the gadget breaks or runs out of power, then they are in trouble. Basic living skills, like finding one's way around the streets of a town, have been replaced by taking directions from a GPS system.
Computer gaming addiction can cause multiple problems for users caught up in it. Consequences include negative effects on social life, finances, academic achievement, sleep patterns, as well as emotional and health problems.

12. Addiction

Social media, computer games, messaging, and dating websites can all be addictive. Games want you to play so that you will buy the next version. Websites want you to interact so that they can bring in advertising money. Users end up wasting vast amounts of time and hemorrhaging money for low returns.

13. Second-hand Living

Many people no longer experience real-life events directly. Music concerts or live shows are videoed on mobile phones, events are photographed, and audio is recorded. Media is uploaded onto social sites. Life becomes something that is experienced through the prism of digital media rather than at first hand.

14. Organization and Storage

Digital media can be very difficult to organize. Photos and music, for instance, can be located on numerous devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and portable hard drives. Individual items can be hard to find, easy to accidentally delete or lose, and the device they are stored on can be lost, stolen, or suffer a catastrophic malfunction. Digital media can be difficult to store and maintain long term. File formats change over time. In some instances, traditional media can last longer than their digital equivalent.

15. Depersonalized Warfare

Digital technology means that weapons can be deployed anywhere in the world without any actual human military presence. Drones turn warfare into a computer game. Intercontinental missiles follow streets and landmarks in foreign countries remotely. Satellites monitor enemy forces through photographs and video taken from space.

16. Longevity

Digital gadgets typically have a short lifespan and become archaic relatively quickly. As the technology advances at a pace, devices, and machines quickly become unusable because they are now seen as too slow, or incompatible with other devices, or they have simply been superseded by newer, better versions. This creates tremendous waste and inefficiency, as older digital devices are discarded when no longer useful. It can also become very expensive for users when you have to upgrade every few years to a new device. Much of life's tasks can now take place without leaving the house. The downside to this is that society is becoming increasingly depersonalized.

17. Social Alienation

Society continues to become more and more impersonal as digitized machines replace humans. People shop online, do their banking online, pay bills online, and increasingly work online. Transport is also set to become automated, which will ultimately result in taxis and delivery vehicles becoming driver free. Loneliness and a lack of human contact with a flesh and blood person are becoming increasingly common.