MALET Issues

a nuanced picture of how young people are confronting the challenges of everyday life in the digital era'

Video from CBS News in 1999 that relates to digital problems we face today

explores ethical considerations related to participatory visual and digital methods for public health research and practice, through the lens of an approach known as "digital storytelling.

A study from 2009 through 2011 looked into the fastest growing job categories and the top 10 had the words computer or software in them. Clearly technology and computer abilities are key to becoming a valuable and successful employee. In the past centuries our automation process have grown substantially, need for computer operating systems and employees who can handle this type of technology.

Internet, social media and mobile phone usage has show increases of 4 to 13 percent in 2018 based upon their global digital suite of reports. This article is a barrage of data sets on internet usage broken down into a variety of specific areas. Comparisons globally show significant universal increases in usage. Part of their study shows older users joining social media. Facebook shows users aged 65 and above has increased by almost 20 percent in the last 12 months.

HR Daily provides valuable contributions in reference to older employees who give the rest of us the bad name. Struggling, for some, with technology does not mean everyone struggles however. Data shows that 69 percent of employees over age 45 plan to continue to work past 65. I am one of them, and I am fortunate to have had such a substantial technology base from my first entry into the workplace. Many have not as this article suggests and the obstacles they face are 2 fold. An employer who doesn't want to help them and their own fears of inadequacy as a result.

Valuable study on institiutions - 'a robust re-examination of the modern university's mission and its role within networked society'