Exercise 10

Local Studies: The rapidly evolving digital communications industries require practitioners who are technologically literate, culturally sophisticated, innovative and resourceful. This degree develops imaginative, synthetic and analytical capacities, as well as practical skills across diverse technological platforms. Studies focus on capacities for imaginative, synthetic and analytical thinking and communication, as well as practical skills in digital communication across diverse technological platforms and environments. Graduates are technologically literate, analytically sophisticated, innovative and resourceful leaders for the rapidly evolving digital communications industries. 

Teenage: This statistic gives information on the most popular social media sites used by teenage and young adult internet users in the United States as of February 2016. During the survey period, it was found that 66 percent of responding internet users aged 13 to 24 used social photo sharing app Instagram. Contrary to some beliefs, Facebook continues to be the most popular social media and networking site used by teenagers and young adults, aged 12 to 24 years old in 2015. Seventy-four percent of respondents currently use Facebook, followed by Instagram use with a 59 percent share and Snapchat with a 57 percent share. Yet when teens, whose average age was 16.3, rated their most important social network, Instagram and Twitter where given more important ratings than Facebook. These social networks are being increasingly visited via mobile devices. Nowadays, ninety-three percent of teens ages 15-17 have mobile access to the internet through a phone, tablet or other device.

Adult Fiction: Young adults are living their lives online. Sure, as an adult, you're probably also addicted to checking updates to your Facebook groups, Twitter feeds, Pinterest links, Snapchats, or Linked In requests.

Like you, I can quit any time. I swear.

It's inevitable that this online reality has influenced our fiction. As writers, we can't underestimate how handed-down tablets and smart phones have influenced the younger generations. Some have skipped email entirely to go straight into online profiles on user-heavy social media sites.