An excellent primer on what it means to live digitally. It should be
required reading for adults trying to understand the next generation. --
Nicholas Negroponte, author of Being Digital
The first generation of children who were born into and raised in the
digital world are coming of age and reshaping the world in their image.
Our economy, our politics, our culture, and even the shape of our family
life are being transformed. But who are these wired young people? And
what is the world they're creating going to look like? In this revised
and updated edition, leading Internet and technology experts John
Palfrey and Urs Gasser offer a cutting-edge 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 -- privacy concerns, the psychological
effects of information overload, and larger ethical issues raised by the
fact that young people's social interactions, friendships, and civic
activities are now mediated by digital technologies -- Born Digital is
essential reading for parents, teachers, and the myriad of confused
adults who want to understand the digital present and shape the digital
future.