Monitor: The net generation, unplugged | The Economist

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The net generation, unplugged
Technology and society: Is it really helpful to talk about a new generation of “digital natives” who have grown up with the internet?

Mar 4th 2010 | From The Economist print edition
Totally different from previous generations—or just younger?

THEY are variously known as the Net Generation, Millennials, Generation Y or Digital Natives. But whatever you call this group of young people—roughly, those born between 1980 and 2000—there is a widespread consensus among educators, marketers and policymakers that digital technologies have given rise to a new generation of students, consumers, and citizens who see the world in a different way. Growing up with the internet, it is argued, has transformed their approach to education, work and politics."