Abstract
This article is very matter of fact, talks about an example of all the sorts of new medias which were evolving at at what stages in young people's lives.
The article has a very definite overtone that these young people cannot help but be drawn in to this digital world. The differences between the generations are highlighted.
The author of the article partly blames the constant slagging off of today's youth in the media for their turning to newer forms of media, instead of traditional ways, such as reading newspapers.
The article also focues on how young people are creating their own culture, for example, not only are they looking at things/watching on the internet, they are also uploading their own video footage, music, blogs, pictures, etc to share with others and contribute to the new digital world
Disagreement
The example/case study given, is a very similar age to myself and therefore all the technology was appearing at the same time. This was useful to see when everything started becoming popular and what age I would have been, etc.
I agree with the opinion about the lack of young people reading newspapers. I personally have never bought a newspaper myself in my life. But having said that if someone else has one, or if there's one sitting about I'll have a read of it.
Us digital natives are more interested in looking at eachothers pictures, blogs and Facebook's, etc, rather than newspapers which feature things we are not a part of and therefore not particularly interested in.
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Alyson,
I'm not quite sure what is meant by the bit where you seem to say that the article suggests negative media stereotypes of young people makes them use more new media? What do you think of this, as I'm not quite sure of the logic of this? If younger people aren't that interested in newspapers, would you say you gain your knowledge of what's happening in the world, from watching the news on TV? or the Internet? or elsewhere?
All the best
Emma
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