To be a writer in the 21st century means that one may be exposed to a limitless amount of resources in order to construct and supplement pieces of writing. One thing that 21st century writers easily have at their disposal is the Internet. prior to the 1990's, most writers relied on physical collaboration at the most in order to make sure their works were coherent. A while after the internet was created, many more innovative tools had now become available to all writers, some of which include editing applications and the ability to tag written works in order to appeal to a specific audience. Writing in the 21st century also has the potential to flourish in many different forms as compared to writing prior to the 21st century. Thanks to the internet, writing may exist in the forms of blogging and commenting on said blogs, which enable people to share their thoughts about a certain topic or issue. This also serves as a whole new level of collaboration, as people may work together and discuss a certain topic from anywhere in the world rather than in person. Jenkins's examination on the creative writing site "The Daily Prophet" is a big example of this next-generation level of collaboration at work. The site was founded by a teenager and was ran by teenagers during its early years, and they all worked together within the comfort of their own homes in order to satisfy the imaginations of their audience, as well as themselves.
It is without question that the emergence of digital technologies has enabled writers to compose their works in multiple different formats, from typical written formats, to creative or informative blog posts. Since we as people see technology as the backbone of the future and we interact with it frequently, we may infer that technology is something that will consistently adapt and change as we see fit. Because of this, it is likely that writing will continue to evolve as well, potentially providing even more resources for writers in the process, whether their writing is professional or casual.
According to Lessing and Jenkins in the 21st century there are a lot of changes on how writing used to be. We see that in the 21st century there is access to unlimited resources for writers to expand on their writing style. For instance, Lessing mention that in the twentieth century film and record making was what was popular. Jenkins make the comment on how if a tool is useful then we will use it and gave the example of how elders are learning to use emails. We see that every day writing is evolving that have a lot to with the invention of new technology and access to social medias, text messaging, blogs and so on. The use of technology have also allow people the opportunity to be more creating with how their texts look. With Microsoft Word for example we can easily change font, size, color of words ect.
ReplyDeleteLessing also bring the issue of quoting in the 21st century. As useful as the web can be to help people collaborate and have access to information, it can also create problem with plagiarism. In the 21st century more and more people ignore what it means to quote and what it means to just steal an idea. I see a lot of student already give the Daily Prophet as example to show the difference between Stealing ideas and quoting and I agree with that. Amanda mention that “there is a fine line between collaborating and “stealing “but it’s hard to stay completely original.” I agree with that however, no matter what the case is stealing other people’s ideas is always wrong.