tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364145.post4163916050002118679..comments2020-04-12T01:49:17.894-05:00Comments on LIS 640: Digital divides & differences: Grown up Digital summaryGreg Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09154543464555817869noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364145.post-25900535572038147042009-04-22T22:52:00.000-05:002009-04-22T22:52:00.000-05:00I was wondering what Montgomery cited from "Growin...I was wondering what Montgomery cited from "Growing Up Digital". I haven't read the book but a lot of the themes from it are presented again in "Grown Up Digital".<br /><br />Most of the negative stereotypes addressed in the book are based on previous studies that describe the Net Gen to be selfish, lazy, dumb, uncaring, etc. A good portion of the book is devoted to proving these studies wrong using Tapscott's own "4.5 million dollar" study.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898279864918418828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364145.post-78318410686630706122009-04-22T22:25:00.000-05:002009-04-22T22:25:00.000-05:00I should have written, "their general ease of use"...I should have written, "their general ease of use" when referring the "the younger generation"!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145121074760399464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364145.post-27129449033511874262009-04-22T22:23:00.000-05:002009-04-22T22:23:00.000-05:00I'm interested to hear more about this book in you...I'm interested to hear more about this book in your presentation, Richard. I wasn't aware that Tapscott had done a follow-up to "Growing Up Digital," which I only know because it is cited by the author of the book that I am reading for class ("Generation Digital" by Kathryn Montgomery). I have been thinking about generational stereotyping and how such stereotypes affect perspectives in my community. We hosted an "Online Resources" workshop tonight at my library, and all the attendees were older people. One of the participants kept apologizing for asking questions and then compared herself negatively to a hypothetical nine-year-old. But, she didn't seem to have a negative view of the younger generation. If anything, she is impressed with their ease of use, though it is true that the people present at this workshop are interested in technology and they chose to attend. Does Tapscott talk about generations older than the two you mentioned?Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145121074760399464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364145.post-49828654932102342712009-04-22T16:58:00.000-05:002009-04-22T16:58:00.000-05:00Actually, I didn't find the book to be a very wort...Actually, I didn't find the book to be a very worthwhile read. There are some interesting ideas and perspectives but the majority of the book serves to promote Net Generation stereotypes as a positive thing. The author has a very specific objective.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898279864918418828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364145.post-27781091697640278042009-04-22T13:19:00.000-05:002009-04-22T13:19:00.000-05:00This sounds like an interesting book, although I'm...This sounds like an interesting book, although I'm always leery of claims that any generation is "fundamentally different" from another one. After all, the Internet and its norms were developed by Baby Boomers and Generation X, to a large extent, so those norms can hardly be completely foreign to them. And while I do think that growing up with a lot of technology changes your perspectives on technology, I think a lot of the other, more social changes that get attributed to technology are really just the overall attitudes of society changing at what happened to be the same time.Jen Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16853480790121832119noreply@blogger.com