digital age

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digital age (uncountable)

  1. The current era, characterised by the widespread and increasing use of digital technology in society.
    Synonyms: cyberage, Information Age
    • 1998 July 6, “Privacy in the Digital Age”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      But law enforcement agencies have to find a legal and ethical way to stay ahead of technology, rather than stand in the way of it. Trying to block advances in the digital age is futile.
    • 2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist[2]:
      All this data will prove fascinating to sociologists, archaeologists and anthropologists studying the dawn of the digital age. For them, everyday life can be just as interesting as epoch-defining moments.
    • 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1086:
      We are born in the digital age; we use our phones every minute; we communicate through digital tools.