Comments on: Digital Normals http://www.mazar.ca/blog/2009/07/01/digital-normals/ News from the Trenches of Librarianship Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Finding contexts » How teens use media http://www.mazar.ca/blog/2009/07/01/digital-normals/comment-page-1/#comment-379281 Finding contexts » How teens use media Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:40:04 +0000 http://www.mazar.ca/?p=1457#comment-379281 [...] How teens use media: a Nielsen report on the myths and realities of  teen media trends (h/t Rochelle Mazar) [...] [...] How teens use media: a Nielsen report on the myths and realities of  teen media trends (h/t Rochelle Mazar) [...]

]]> By: Rochelle http://www.mazar.ca/blog/2009/07/01/digital-normals/comment-page-1/#comment-379264 Rochelle Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:34:19 +0000 http://www.mazar.ca/?p=1457#comment-379264 Yeah, I sensed our rightness on this front, but it's nice to have some real concrete confirmation. Guaranteed the digital natives/net generation myth will not slow down in the slightest in the face of actual research. Yeah, I sensed our rightness on this front, but it’s nice to have some real concrete confirmation. Guaranteed the digital natives/net generation myth will not slow down in the slightest in the face of actual research.

]]> By: Melanie http://www.mazar.ca/blog/2009/07/01/digital-normals/comment-page-1/#comment-379263 Melanie Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:19:30 +0000 http://www.mazar.ca/?p=1457#comment-379263 Having taught teens and young adults grades 9-post grad I agree with you 100%. I have seen no evidence at all that teens or young people are *more* web savvy than older users (aged 30 and on). In fact, I find, in general, interest seems to focus intensely on a very few sites: Facebook, Youtube, IMDB and chat applications. What am I basing this on? Random surveys in class (I did a "snowball" a few times where I'd ask them to jot down their favourite 5 sites then throw the list to the front of the room - totally anonymous - everybody would pick up one of the crumpled lists and read it out). With post secondary learners I would see them - directly observe them - on the sites of choice. Almost entirely Facebook, email or instant message. Very few MySpace users at all. Twitter was new to all of my students at all grade levels - though the post secondary learners were more likely to either have accounts or know somebody who did. In general, I find my adult friends far more curious about the net and tech in general - and this is a wide curiosity (as in "reading widely") as opposed to a branded, focused use on one or two applications or services. I may not have a Ph.D or a bunch of research behind me but I have been working with students directly for the past five years at a variety of grade levels and socio-economic contexts. Having taught teens and young adults grades 9-post grad I agree with you 100%. I have seen no evidence at all that teens or young people are *more* web savvy than older users (aged 30 and on). In fact, I find, in general, interest seems to focus intensely on a very few sites: Facebook, Youtube, IMDB and chat applications. What am I basing this on? Random surveys in class (I did a “snowball” a few times where I’d ask them to jot down their favourite 5 sites then throw the list to the front of the room – totally anonymous – everybody would pick up one of the crumpled lists and read it out). With post secondary learners I would see them – directly observe them – on the sites of choice. Almost entirely Facebook, email or instant message. Very few MySpace users at all.

Twitter was new to all of my students at all grade levels – though the post secondary learners were more likely to either have accounts or know somebody who did.

In general, I find my adult friends far more curious about the net and tech in general – and this is a wide curiosity (as in “reading widely”) as opposed to a branded, focused use on one or two applications or services.

I may not have a Ph.D or a bunch of research behind me but I have been working with students directly for the past five years at a variety of grade levels and socio-economic contexts.

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