Digital natives: where is the evidence?

By Ellen J. Helsper, Rebecca Eynon. 2010

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Subfields: Communication, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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European research on children’s internet use: Assessing the past and anticipating the future (2018, background): “Children were described as ‘digital natives’ by contrast with their ‘digital immigrant’ parents and teachers (although critiques of this binary opposition quickly mounted; see Helsper and Eynon, 2010).”
Can we teach digital natives digital literacy? (2012, background): “In recent years, the concept of digital natives has been put under the microscope by researchers (e.g. Bennett, Maton, & Kervin, 2008; Brown & Czerniewicz, 2010; Helsper & Eynon, 2010; Kennedy, Judd, Churchward, Gray, & Krause, 2008).”
Digital Stress over the Life Span: The Effects of Communication Load and Internet Multitasking on Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Impairments in a German Probability Sample (2017, methodology): “We are aware that the differentiation of digital natives and digital immigrants has been criticized for its relative theoretical simplicity (Hargittai, 2010; Helsper & Eynon, 2010).”
Digital Natives? New and Old Media and Children's Outcomes (2011, background): “Critics of the evidence base behind the digital natives thesis (Buckingham, 2006; Jenkins, 2007; Bennett, et. al, 2008; Hague & Williamson, 2009; Helsper & Eynon, 2010) argue that it ignores differences in access to, time spent with, and contexts of use of, a wide range of media technologies and…”
A Global Research Agenda for Children's Rights in the Digital Age (2014, background): “…2014 Vol. 8, No. 4, 317–335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2014.961496 q 2014 Taylor & Francis supposedly effortlessly in the vanguard of innovative ICT uses (although see Helsper & Eynon, 2010); and efforts to redesign educational curricula and delivery to build digital skills and literacies.”
Bridging the communication gap between Generation Y and the Baby Boomer generation (2017, methodology): “Other authors describe this generation using concepts such as digital natives (Prensky, 2001), the net generation (Tapscott, 1998), the web generation (Hartmann, 2003) or the Google generation (see Helsper & Enyon, 2009, p. 1).”
Digital Divides From Access to Activities: Comparing Mobile and Personal Computer Internet Users (2013, background): “The second is that policies and user strategies could focus on those influential aspects that might be improved (e.g., learning, self-efficacy, skills, and breadth of activities; Helsper & Eynon, 2010).”