4. ā tech-savvy youthā ā a generation for whom media means MySpace, Flickr, YouTubeā ā Generational Divideā ā a different generation all togetherā¦.ā ā My son consumes TV, mobile, online all at the same timeā¦ā ā my 5 year old has already mastered text messagingā¦ā ā The Digital Generationā
5. ā The Biggest Generation Gap Since the Dawn of Rock 'n' Rollā ā ā¦ in the past ten years, a new set of values has sneaked in to take its place, erecting another barrier between young and old. And as it did in the fifties, the older generation has responded with a disgusted, dismissive squawk.ā Emily Nussbaum, New York Magazine http://nymag.com/news/features/27341/
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7. ā Internet has encroached on our role as a parentā ā Parents are left to fend off the dangersā ā networking websites āromanticisingā suicideā ā ignore copyrightā ā Game obsessionā ā Video games hurt brain developmentā (BBC) ā growing influence of the internet on education could damage children's ability to learnā (Guardian) ā Predators ā children too naĆÆve to know how to deal with themā ā lack basic numeracy & literacyā ā Unable to communicate in the real worldā ā They are interested only in attentionāand yet they have zero attention span,ā ā They talk in illiterate instant messagesā ā They have no sense of shame. They have no sense of privacyā
8. ā The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future ā Mark Bauerlein, Professor of English at Emory University Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2008.