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Technology Use Is Becoming Age-neutral
The research study (Media Engagement Barometer) found that high percentages of Americans - across multiple generations - are using media and mobile technology. Age no longer dictates new media use. And surprisingly, influencers who drive usage are now found in every group. Well that is not totally true but Motorola has definitely confirmed something that a few of us have been banging on about.
Sociality Is Learning | danah boyd
Social media has created an interesting rupture in the landscape. Youth turn to it to reclaim unstructured social encounters, to create a public space that allows them to simply hang out with their friends, peers, and cohort. The flirting, gossiping, and joking around that takes place is not proof that social media is useless, but proof that it's extremely valuable. Without other spaces in which to gather, youth have developed their own. They want to be social, but we also need them to develop social skills. What's fascinating is that they're learning to do so in a mediated landscape, developing norms that will persist through adulthood. It's not like all social encounters between adults are face-to-face; learning how to interpret a Facebook post is a great skill to have when entering an email-centric corporation.
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out (Ouvrage)
Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networks sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that investigates the intricate dynamics of youth's social and recreational use of digital media.
Why is Gen Y Now Flocking to Twitter? (theories and speculations)
So what gives? Why has Gen Y seemingly changed their minds about the social microblogging network that only months ago they avoided? A recent AP article offered up some ideas including the influx of celebrity tweeters, pressure from teachers or bosses, and it even hinted that Gen Y'ers entering the workplace have found value in the network for business-related purposes. That same sentiment was shared by Meredith Sires of Gen Y trend-watching site, YPulse. She theorizes that the rapid growth in the 18-24 demographic has to do more with the recent college graduates segment of that group finding ways to build entirely new online contact lists and create new identities more closely tied to information-sharing.
Gen Y Says: You Can Take Facebook, but Please Don't Take our Email!
So Why Would Gen Y Give Up Facebook, but Not Email?
The answer to that question could be something as simple as how the survey question was worded. After all, the survey asked which activity they would give up for a week. Ask them again which one they could give up permanently and you may get a different answer.
Another theory is that all the hype about how Generation Y doesn't care for email is just an overblown stereotype about a demographic that, in reality, isn't all that different from the rest of us...at least when it comes to our inbox addiction.
La génération Y va tout changer
Même si elle n’est pas prête de prendre le pouvoir, la génération Y va prendre sous peu une importance considérable. Ce groupe arrive désormais en masse dans le monde du travail, de la consommation et de la vie citoyenne, et ne peu que redéfinir, par ses pratiques et sa culture, un univers qui pour l’instant semble tout faire pour ne pas avoir à évoluer en profondeur.
Your "Real" Friends are Your Online Friends (or so Says Gen Y)
The MySpace study asked social networking users between the ages of 14 and 21 (aka "Generation Y") questions about their interactions both on social networks and in their real life, too. Some 36% of the respondents said they found it easier to talk about themselves online than in the real world, leading them to share more about themselves using technology. This group also felt that their online friends knew more about them, and so, in a sense, were closer than offline friends because they all knew what was going on in each other's lives.
[Mythologie du geek]
Au commencement était l’homo erectus (celui qui était debout), suivi par l’homo sapiens neanderthalensis (l”homme de Néanderthal quoi), et enfin l’homo sapiens sapiens, appelé aussi homme moderne qui est celui en short qui regarde le tour de France à la TV du camping. Et puis arriva l’homo-geek, appelé par convention “le geek“.
Generation Y: We're just not that into Twitter
But a recent survey from Pace University and the Participatory Media Network shows that only 22 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds use Twitter, while 99 percent have profiles on social networks.
This may seem surprising on the face of it, but as a member of the Millennial Generation myself, I have some theories as to why it might be true. To see why we're not into Twitter, I'll have to revisit the start of the social-networking timeline: MySpace.
Howard Dean : "votre génération a inventé la web campagne" #techbrunch
« Nous n'avons pas inventé la campagne sur internet, votre génération l'a fait (NDLR : Dean fait plus particulièrement référence au moins de 35 ans). Ce que nous avons fait c'est de mettre en relation des groupes de gens en nous appuyant sur internet. Not
Usages juvéniles de la “scène médiatique” du blog par Mme Dumez Féroc
Pourquoi les jeunes bloguent-ils ? Quelles sont leurs pratiques de production et de réception de l’écrit et de l’image en ligne ? Dans un ouvrage intitulé “Les jeunes et les médias, Les raisons du succès”, dirigé par Laurence Corroy, Isabelle Dumez Féroc,
Who's Online and What Are They Doing There? - ReadWriteWeb
Generation Y, aka the "Net Generation," does not dominate every aspect of online life. That revealing statistic and many others like it come from Pew Internet and American Life's recent "Generations Online" report which takes a look at how the different g
Pew : les générations connectées en 2009
Les 12-17 ans et les 18-32 ans ont de nombreux points communs : on utilise Internet pour rester en contact avec ses amis et on s'engage avec eux dans des relations de divertissement : jeux en ligne (activité préférée de 78% des 12-17 ans et pratiquée par
Obama's Victory, Gen Y, and the New Rules for Communication
According to the Associated Press, two-thirds of Gen Y supported Obama. Why? Because from a communication perspective, Obama and his campaign understood how to engage and motivate what is essentially an emerging new "tribe" in our society -- not based on
Les digital natives inventent le web qui leur ressemble (Cluster21)
Tous développeurs et entrepreneurs du web issus de la dernière tranche de la Génération X et digital natives de la première heure, comme ils se plaisent à le rappeler. Ce qui nous fait dire qu'il y a là quelque chose d'endogène : ces personnes ont tout si
MediaShift . Embedded at NYU::Old Thinking Permeates Major Journalism School | PBS
“Nowadays it’s essential for journalists to blog,” says Professor Mary Quigley to a class of 16 NYU journalism students. The class is titled “Reporting Gen Y (a.k.a. Quarterlifers),” and it’s one of the few NYU undergrad journalism classes that focuses on
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