{"id":107,"date":"2015-02-08T16:40:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T16:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahkyle27.wordpress.com\/?p=93"},"modified":"2015-02-08T16:40:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T16:40:38","slug":"topic-1-digital-visitors-and-digital-residents-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2008-2015\/2015\/02\/08\/topic-1-digital-visitors-and-digital-residents-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Topic 1: Digital \u201cvisitors\u201d and Digital \u201cresidents\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previous to digital “visitors” and “residents”, Prensky’s argument of digital “immigrants” and “natives” took centre stage. \u00a0He connected age with \u2018computing competence\u2019 (White & Cornu, 2011), arguing that a digital “immigrant”\u00a0will never be as fluent as the young, \u201cnative speakers\u201d of the digital age.\u00a0 This idea, though considered relevant at the time of its publishing in 2001, has received much criticism and is now thought to be outdated.<\/p>\n

Instead, White and Cornu’s the concept of digital \u201cvisitors\u201d and \u201cresidents\u201d provides greater insight\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0As David White argues in his Youtube video<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0the digital “visitors” and “residents” are not two \u2018hard edge\u2019 categories but instead, a continuum.<\/p>\n

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What is a digital \u201cvisitor\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A digital \u201cvisitor\u201d is someone who visits the web with a distinct purpose: booking holidays, researching a specific topic or using services to contact family and friends (TALLblog). Unlike residents, their activity is considered \u2018anonymous\u2019 (White & Cornu, 2011).<\/p>\n

Though age is an irrelevant factor, I would consider my mum to be digital \u201cvisitor\u201d. \u00a0She does not place any value on a digital identity: she doesn’t have Facebook, is wary of online banking and would rather express opinions offline than online. \u00a0When she does use\u00a0Skype and FaceTime to \u00a0contact family, this time is scheduled \u2013 she does not reside on the web.<\/p>\n

What is a digital \u201cresident\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A digital \u201cresident\u201d is considered to be \u2018an individual who lives a percentage of their life online\u2019. (TaLLblog).<\/p>\n

Residents are members of online communities and the boundary between their online and offline social life is often blurred. \u00a0Residents use the web as a service too, but unlike visitors are less sceptical and more trusting of online services, such as online banking, shopping and undertaking specific research.<\/p>\n

This trust residents hold of the internet, however, is an issue which not only covers knowledge but identity. A previous blogger on this course discussed the risks of validity of research, arguing ‘many of us take what we find online as true, without questioning its validity’<\/a> (Jasmine McVeigh, 2013). However, this can also be applied to trust within online communities and social networking sites. The popular MTV show\u00a0Catfish<\/em>, for example, explores the manipulation of identity and trust on the web today.<\/p>\n

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Though I previously mentioned the two categories are a continuum, I’ve noticed one of the key differences between the \u2018visitor\u2019 and a \u2018resident\u2019 is their approach to the web.\u00a0 Visitors are quite simply, visitors.\u00a0 They are users but are not comfortable in calling the web a ‘home’. \u00a0 A \u2018resident\u2019, on the other hand, has a significant part of their life online, and does not fear having an online identity.<\/p>\n

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Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n

McVeigh, Jasmine, ‘The concept of Digital Visitors and Residents’. \u00a0Accessed here:\u00a0https:\/\/jasminmcveigh.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/26\/the-concept-of-digital-visitors-and-residents\/<\/a><\/p>\n

White, D. S., & Cornu, A. L. (2011). Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online engagement.<\/a>\u00a0First Monday<\/i>, 16<\/i>(9).<\/p>\n

White, D. S., & Cornu, A. L, TALL Blog. \u00a0Accessed here:\u00a0http:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/07\/23\/not-natives-immigrants-but-visitors-residents\/<\/a><\/p>\n

White, David, ‘Visitors and Residents’, <https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sPOG3iThmRI><\/a><\/p>\n

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