Something very important I noticed as I read this article is that it was written in 2009. When about young people and their visual literary skills it is at a completely different point in society. This article talks about a world before instagram, when twitter was young and TikTok was not even a thought yet. In 2009 people used technology to take a break from the real world while most young adults now have to take breaks from technology to experience the real world.
Thus, we are consuming so much more media in a day especially with TikTok, which I think is currently the biggest influence on media today. Even if people don't have TikTok they know about it and see videos from the short form app on other social medias. Due to the length and endless feed of TikTok's people are consuming so much more media than ever before. In the article it says, "are not at the same time skilled in understanding the codes, conventions, values or consequences of those messages." This notion no longer stands the test of time as was disproven during the Black Lives Matter movement which was heavily organized and energized through social media. My generation grew up with countless lectures from adults on the impact of our voice on the internet and we have created a culture where anyone can create media and being viral isn't the same as it once was.
The last part of the article discussed this idea more by listing ways new digital landscapes have changed our culture stating, "Collective Intelligence: The ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal." This idea has been seen through many social movement, support and COVID knowledge, and even cold cases that have been reopened due to internet sloths.
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