The “Daily Me” concept presented in the Digital Literacy text is a very interesting idea. The “Daily Me” is made up from many things that read what a person likes online and what they search for. This way, through digital living, messages and links are sent and shown to the person that are personalized for them. With this, there is potential for a somewhat narrow perspective to be formed. People may not be informed on other points of view in arguments and issues because it does not fit their personalized data. This can be dangerous.
On the other hand, there are benefits to the “Daily Me.” For example, I love sports. I am constantly watching and reading about sports news and information because I like to. This allows for me to receive messages that involve sports and illustrate other sports related information I like. This is beneficial to me and others because it makes websites and information easier for us to access. However, other things that we may want or need to see which are not related to what we typically are searching for may be hidden or harder to access. The author of this section did a wonderful job describing the positives and the negatives of the “Daily Me” concept.
However, these negatives outweigh the positives. I demonstrate this picture to signify a point. Sian Woods says, “Our digital society has made us more disconnected from society but more connected online.” We are on one path and do not see other paths or see what is going on around us. This can be problematic. This “Daily Me” section is titled “What Could Be Better Than All Me, All the Time?”. Our surroundings can be better than this. In order for us to live healthy lives and be educated we must see things other than what we want to see or that go with the things we always see. This is needed for us to grow and the “Daily Me” does not always let us do this.