Brave New World of Digital Intimacy

Thompson's main claim he makes pertains to the fact that social media has become a new way for people today to stay in touch with each other through news feeds, etc. News feeds, developed by Zuckerburg,  have become the more simple way to access information without having to individually surf someones profile. This brings about a new way to be digitally literate. Ambient awareness is being so involved on social media or a profile that it is almost the same as being physically close to a person. Anyone can experience ambient awareness by observing facebook statuses or tweets where people are expressing their moods and activities. Most people, including me, find themselves skimming through news feeds and updates until they find a post they are interested in and only read those. This represents our laziness, just as we cannot stay focused on a long narrative for very long, we only skim, due to the simplicity of most information now. This article defines literacy as being able to interact with others and have ambient awareness just from their social media posts.