The problem with current social networks, is one’s ability and knowledge of how to use it. I always tell my parents that they wouldn’t want a Facebook because they wouldn’t understand how to use it fully. Even though I say this just because I don’t want them to have a Facebook, it is very much true. I hate to have to this to my parents, but guys you’re old. Not old in the sense of age but in the sense of social media. People my parents age or even now in their late 40’s aren’t properly using sites like Facebook, twitter, or blogger. This is because most of these sites enable you to stay close with the friends you have now for longer periods of time. Most people aren’t friends with their original friends from high school because they didn’t have the resources. I shouldn’t take as much though, I don’t even have a lot of knowledge when it comes to twitter. I understand the premise and the purpose and how people use it; but what I don’t understand is the hash tagging and re-tweeting. Even though I would say my twitter literacy is about average, like if I made a twitter today I would totally understand how to use it. Twitter is evolving too fast, it is always changing, I feel like twitter and other social networks are starting to get too busy. Its lost its cool factor, like that feeling that this is new and not everyone has it yet. I would say that 21st century literary skills are the knowledge and understanding of social media and how to use it. Social media is everywhere, soon we won’t even have television companies like DIRECTV and Time Warner Cable; it will all be run through the TV internet through ones Facebook or twitter, and people will “like” the show and share it as they watch it. You cannot be taught literary skills you have to teach yourself. Schools will teach you how to use the computer but they don’t necessarily teach you how to better yourself on it.
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