Digital communication is mainly the communication of others through a source of technology. For instance, when you text a friend. The ways we communicate can vary, but for most, it's with technology in this day & age.
Advantages of digital communication: You can message back & forth with friends/family members who live far away. You can share documents & knowledge w/ others in a business or company if your co-workers are not present to speak with face-to-face at the moment, or even if there are businesses & companies that are located overseas. You are able to text a friend to make weekend plans or to plan different sorts of things with. You're able to send pictures to one & other through technology and share different moments.
Disadvantages of digital communication: With all the material being shared w/ many others, there are negative affects, such as the possibility of your personal messages/photos of being put out there in a negative way. People are constantly sharing today, when it comes to technology, so that leaves open doors of negative outcomes. The possibility of your personal material being "leaked" is very high, and also many others may use your pictures to portray as you, when in reality they are only pretending to be you online. It can be pretty scary. For example: when you send a video or image to a friend or stranger, they automatically have the access and power to do whatever they wish w/ it. It is very important you keep your personal things safe. And only trust people w/ your things if you truly trust them a lot.
Three of the most popular used forms of digital communication are probably texting (cellphones), social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat, etc.), & some apps that can be downloaded with iPads, tablets, and other tech. The reason of these being so popular is because they're so easy to access. It's literally right at our fingertips. Teenagers probably use them the most. The reason they're so often used is most of the time, we may have friends/family that live far away, and we need to send them a quick message - whereas back in the day when you would send a letter it'd take a long while to get to them. People even have online-friends now.
Today communication is fast and pretty easy. It isn't all right to have out a phone or technology when we are in important situations or scenarios. There's actually a site, I won't name it, you download a certain thing that changes your IP address, giving you access to inappropriate files, videos, drug orders, and many other nasty, graphic, and illegal items. It's referred to as "the deep web" and shouldn't be used as it is illegal & there's a possibility you can get yourself in A LOT of trouble. If you do use it, use it very wisely. You can end up in a bad situation... Many child predators and cannibals, even, spend their time on the deep web. Just don't do it.
Dangerous form of communication is probably that of if you speak to strangers. Sometimes, okay, you meet a friend the same age as you, you may think all is good, when there's a large possible reality that they could be like 50 years old. Catfishing is more popular than you'd think on the internet. This can be a danger to you because you never know how much, exactly, that they know about you. For all you know they could have access to your phone number, your address, anything.
As far as I can see, the world gets more & more connected everyday. I am positive that yes at some point in time there will be a "healthy balance" between people and tech. There has to be, with the way it's all evolving so quick. Especially with kids of younger generations, like my sister for instance, who's almost 6, is very smart with technology and she's already beginning to learn how to text. It's a little weird for me to see that, because when I was her age my brother & I were outside 24/7, and didn't have access to technology unless it was the TV, but we didn't watch very much of that. In fact, we didn't have a gaming system until we were a bit older, when my dad brought home an old Nintendo 64 and a GameBoy for us to have & we were amazed with it all, thinking it was the coolest thing. In the early early 2000's when the GameCube was a big thing, we had that, but maybe when we were 8 & 9 years old. And seeing my sister, being so young and having access to much more digital things than we had access to, it blows my mind. I actually see kids every where now with iPhones and laptops, texting and Skyping even. That ALONE seems crazy to me. I didn't get a cellphone until I was 14, & I pay my own cellphone bills. I have no idea how much responsibility these kids will have. I don't know if it'll be a positive or a negative impact on the younger society with all this access to technology. It will definitely be different... 10 years ago is not a long time ago, but since then there's been so many new things and discoveries.
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