Born digital: understanding the first generation of digital natives

By J. Palfrey, Urs Gasser. ChoiceReviews, 2009

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The first generation of Digital Nativeschildren who were born into and raised in the digital worldare coming of age, and soon our world will be reshaped in their image. Our economy, our politics, our culture, and even the shape of our family life will be forever transformed. But who are these Digital Natives? And what is the world theyre creating going to look like?In Born Digital, leading Internet and technology experts John Palfrey and Urs Gasser offer a sociological portrait of these young people, who can seem, even to those merely a generation older, both extraordinarily sophisticated and strangely narrow. Exploring a broad range of issues, from the highly philosophical to the purely practical, Born Digital will be essential reading for parents, teachers, and the myriad of confused adults who want to understand the digital presentand shape the digital future.

Subfields: Demography

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‘It's only a picture’: sexting, ‘smutty’ snapshots and felony charges 1 (2009, background): “• Techno Culture: a world driven by technologies that are more digital and facile than ever, to the point that the young are often referred to as ‘digital natives’ and their catch-up seniors as ‘digital immigrants’ (Palfrey and Gasser 2008).”
Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship in a Digital Age (2009, neutral): “6), “participatory media” (Bull et al., 2008, p. 106), and “social digital technologies” (Palfrey & Gasser, 2008, p. 1).”
Cyberbullying among youth: A comprehensive review of current international research and its implications and application to policy and practice (2013, background): “…nuances within each group; instead they have become essentializing notions, used widely and with great enthusiasm, in the literature (see, for example, Donlin, 2012; Palfrey & Gasser, 2008; Pyz_alski, 2012; Smith, 2012b; Spears, Kofoed, Bartolo, Palermiti, & Costabile, 2012; Thomas, 2011).”
Curiosity, interest and engagement in technology-pervasive learning environments: a new research agenda (2011, background): “…183 Social context and learning is addressed by Tapscott (2008) who notes that 11–31 yearolds ''show signs of learning differently'' (p. 10) while Palfrey and Gasser (2008), referring to those born after 1980, claim that ''major aspects of their lives—social interactions, friendships, civic…”
Are digital natives a myth or reality? University students' use of digital technologies (2011, background): “An idea that has gained currency is that the generation born after 1980 grew up with access to computers and the Internet and is therefore inherently technology-savvy (Oblinger & Oblinger, 2005; Palfrey & Gasser, 2008; Prensky, 2001; Tapscott, 1998). This generation has been termed Digital Natives, ”
Teachers’ Perceptions about the Relationship between 21st Century Skills and Managing Constructivist Learning Environments (2018, background): “They are absorbing the world around themselves by digital computing devices including the cellular phones, iPads, computers and gaming consoles (Palfrey & Gasser, 2008).”
Net generation or Digital Natives: Is there a distinct new generation entering university? (2010, background): “This article is based on the first phase of a two year study which took place in the spring of 2008 in five universities in England.”
Ongoing and Online: Children and youth's perceptions of cyber bullying (2009, background): “…of social networking on the Internet created by the growing access and use of electronic communication tools such as e-mail, websites, instant messaging, webcams, chat rooms, social networking sites, blogs, and text messages (Hinduja & Patchin, 2009; Palfrey & Gasser, 2008; Schrock & Boyd, 2008).”
The digital native - myth and reality (2009, neutral): “A host of other commentators have written similarly of the “born digital” (Palfrey and Gasser, 2008), “homo-zappiens” (Veen and Vrakking, 2006) and “net savvy” youth (Levin and Arafeh, 2002).”