4. “ tech-savvy youth” “ a generation for whom media means MySpace, Flickr, YouTube” “ Generational Divide” “ a different generation all together….” “ My son consumes TV, mobile, online all at the same time…” “ my 5 year old has already mastered text messaging…” “ The Digital Generation”
5. “ The Biggest Generation Gap Since the Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll” “ … 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.” Emily Nussbaum, New York Magazine http://nymag.com/news/features/27341/
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7. “ Internet has encroached on our role as a parent” “ Parents are left to fend off the dangers” “ networking websites ‘romanticising’ suicide” “ ignore copyright” “ Game obsession” “ Video games hurt brain development” (BBC) “ growing influence of the internet on education could damage children's ability to learn” (Guardian) “ Predators – children too naïve to know how to deal with them” “ lack basic numeracy & literacy” “ Unable to communicate in the real world” “ They are interested only in attention—and yet they have zero attention span,” “ They talk in illiterate instant messages” “ They have no sense of shame. They have no sense of privacy”
8. “ The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future ” Mark Bauerlein, Professor of English at Emory University Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2008.