We’re living in a society where everything is evolving including technology. In addition , Digital literacy is a common term used to understand technology better. It’s in this perspective that Douglas AJ Belshaw identified 8 elements to illustrate better the concept of Digital Literacy . These elements includes : cognitive , constructive,communicative , civic , critical , confident and cultural. Belshaw , explained  and highlighted  elements of Remix Culture , as a result I believe the most important one is Cognitive . This is because , even though technology is making us smarter , it’s still making us dumb . Through cognitive, we tend to answer the question “how to do”. We are teaching ourselves, how to improve our lives using appropriate devices that will increase our knowledges and our ways of resolving problems. For instance, as college students , we all know sites that help us study for exams and at the end of the day, we see how it’s helps improving our grades.Therefore I believe “cognitive” itself  explains the other 7 elements.

We often distract ourselves through Internet remixes  such as memes, videos . These videos has purposes and important messages . The person who created them is always  trying to convey us about something.Most of these videos encourage cultural diversity.We usually learns about other cultures, civilizations through these  videos  . However, it’s important to highlights the fact that they  cause major   arguments, debates and disagreement among others sometimes. After viewing the links provided  , my perspectives about remix culture and Belshwa’s arguments remains the same . For instance, the article ‘Remixing culture and why the art of the Mash- up Matters” provides a microscopic outlook details into understanding better the 8 elements of digital literacy.The article   started off with a line saying that “ copying stuff is never , ever going to get any harder than it’s has today” which I agree with. Nowadays, most of us students rather use  “ google” for everything rather than consulting our brains and  own knowledges first.  This is how technology is making us dumb . The cartoons videos are meaningful and are spreading powerful messages .Understanding how to use Technology and perform better is part of the 8 elements. This article just enhance  and illustrates better Belshaw’s ideas. My favorite cartoons video was the Donald Duck one. Its portrays differences between social classes. Even though capitalism might be considered as a  fair system , some people are working hard , while others are working less and getting wealthier. I like how the cartoons characters gave more meaning to this idea.The article was really effective and I like how the remix  provides us a better understanding of these topics through cartoons and Disney characters.