What causes digital immigrants to feel they are subservient or less than digital natives in a society?
Immigrants who first come to this country are usually not up to date on their technology. They come from countries where computers and cell phones don't exist. When they come to this country they have to learn how use every type of technology to fit in with everyone else. Having to learn new technology, immigrants might feel like they are at a disadvantage because they don't have the same knowledge that a digital native would have. To them technology is a whole new world that they need to get used to in order to have more opportunities. Digital natives have the advantage because they were born into technology. To them it comes naturally, it's as if they were born with it. When someone doesn't know how to use a computer or cell phone a digital native won't understand and that might cause them to look down on them. Slowly but surely a digital immigrant will adjust to the fast pace of the technology based world we live in.
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