Deja Vu

Reading through Keri Franklin’s initial reaction to Twitter gave me a strong sense of deja vu. Like her, I created an account and pretty much sent a few tweets into the void. I knew the basics, but it didn’t really interest me, despite the fact that I knew that it would become “more fun” once I was interacting with people. Well, I didn’t care. I had Facebook and that was good enough for me. Recently, however, the prevalence of Twitter in American culture makes me mildly curious about what I’m missing. Occasionally, I’ll go on to look around, but that’s about it.

The difference between Franklin and I is sponsorship. While I said, “I don’t get it” and moved on, she went to others and asked questions which eventually allowed her to get more out of the website than I ever have. Digital sponsorship is just as real and important as print sponsorship. When we are younger, we are read to and eventually ask questions to our parents, family, and teachers if we don’t understand something. Although digital literacy happens later (although that is changing as the years go on), the basics are the same. We are exposed to something, be it Twitter, Prezzy, or something else which sparks an interest, and then we ask questions to our peers or Google. The medium may change, but the sponsorship doesn’t.