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Digital natives (are they) walking on the tightrope ?

Digital natives (are they) walking on the tightrope ?. Alfredo M. Ronchi EC MEDICI Framework a lfredo.ronchi@polimi.it. Why “Digital revolution”. S ome clues Ontological point of view: digital “objects” represent a completely new class of objects Copies are clones

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Digital natives (are they) walking on the tightrope ?

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  1. Digital natives (are they) walking on the tightrope ? Alfredo M. Ronchi EC MEDICI Framework alfredo.ronchi@polimi.it

  2. Why “Digital revolution” Some clues • Ontological point of view: digital “objects” represent a completely new class of objects • Copies are clones • Almost zero cost of reproduction • Instant transfer and dissemination • … • Lower threshold to reach masses, immediate broadcast • New Agorà • Real time action and reaction • Point to point and peer to peer communication • Basically no difference due to census, sex, geographical location, etc • Moore’s Law, dropping costs • Quick implementation even from scratch • No real need for backward compatibility • ….

  3. Access: why is so important ? • First of all we need to agree on the relevance of access in the nowadays society. Stating from 1995 an increasing number of information and services are mainly available through digital platforms. The problem is shared between industrialised countries and emerging countries, no matter for census, sex, location , … Elderly people , disable, etc Plus: • Democratic access to mass information • Bottom up processes enabler • Platform for ”smartness” (smart cities, smart transportation, etc) • “Info sphere” (plus and drawbacks) • …. Drawbacks • Distraction due to continuous request of attention • Risk to be “interaction” addicted • Misinformation & misuse • Virtual life overtaking real life • …

  4. The present: some trends Technology is evolving . . . PCs . . . ubiquitous access to services (*) • From “e” to “m” (e.g. eGovernment -> mGovernment); • From “programmes” to Apps • Local Storage and Processing to Cloud Computing (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Haas) • … • And as it happens in the maturity phase of many sectors “performances and good by definition…. The choice is about appeal” Users are evolving . . . . new way to use / “consume” media, information & news • From professional users / Computer Scientists to former digitally divided; • From content consumer to content prosumer: • From information provision to service provision; • From Information Society to knowledge society and more over consciousness society: • . . . . Market is evolving • From plastic box on the shelf to on line shops • From few expensive software solutions to many cheap Apps • . . . . • From software companies to single or small groups up to social & crowd sourcing … Software Market Developers side:  • Online distribution and payment based on e-shops enabled the access to the mass market to single developers; • Standardization of systems and guidelines helped • . . . Customers side: • People is looking for the Top 10 Apps; • The consume of Apps is continuous; • The market model is based on low costs /big numbers; • The IPR management is evolving . . . • Digital media are evolving . . . • . . ..

  5. Islands, archipelagos . . . • Technology it is not enough • Hardware it is not the solution – sometimes it is a “bad ambassador” • Hardware and software without content and services it is not useful • We may enjoy happy islands or even archipelagos thanks to some content and service infrastructure • Political approach of announcements . . . • We announce the day after tomorrow skipping the present day

  6. Future Access . . . Preservation • We own a thousands of years expertise in preserving physical information only few decades about digital information • The problem is still underestimated and involves both institutions and private citizens creating a potential “black hole”. • Some keywords are: pipelining digital objects, appraisal, digital preservation, etc. etc. • Last but not least allocate budgets for preservation

  7. DIGITAL & FUTURE HERITAGE • BLACK HOLE ? • Activate principles of digital preservation • Awareness • Policy andguidelines (who is in charge, hosting, etc) • Best practice • ICT companies cooperation • ….

  8. Institutions‘ role Taking adequately into account the transition period toward ….. • Promote identification of future scenarios (+5 +10 +…) thanks to cross-”cultural” working groups • Promote awareness about potential benefits and risks • Promote an harmonious implementation of “eSociety” (e.g. quality content & services) • Protect users against hidden threats • . . .

  9. Cloud of Keywords Clear goals Endorsement Regulations, Policies Infrastructure Technology (hard soft) Interoperability Interworkability Content and service developers Quality Content Crowd Sourcing - prosumers Added value services Political and Financial support (some times) . . .

  10. It’s a long way Thank you for your attention alfredo.ronchi@polimi.it

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