Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives (Hardcover)
From Publishers Weekly
In this critical but optimistic overview, academics Palfrey (of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society) and Gasser (of the Swiss U. of St. Gallen) share their concern about the legal and social ramifications of the Internet with regard to the generation of “Digital Natives” born after 1980. In a wide-ranging examination of “the future opportunities and challenges associated with the Internet as a social space,” Palfrey and Gasser find most young peopl (more…)
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A Great Place to Start
John Palfrey and Urs Gasser’s Born Digital is a book that deals with the emergence of a generation of Digital Natives.
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Explains the Digital Lifestyle
Born Digital could best be described as book that explains the “digital lifestyle” of those born after 1980.
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Digital Comprehension
Digital technology is responsible for the evolutionary change that has spawned the “Digital Native” generation.
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Born Digital
Interesting look at digital natives. New ideas were specific and timely, however the writing in the book, I felt, was repetitious.
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A well addressed issue, but way to repetitive for anything other than general reading.
The subject matter discussed in this novel is an area that has little written. If you are a “digital immigrant”, or in other words born before 1980, then you will benefit most…
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the starting point for any discussion with today’s Digital Generation
Palfrey and Gasser’s fine early history of this generation of “Digital Natives” serves as a starting point for any conversation about how to mentor and interact with the children…
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Digital natives? Look at the Kindle Price!
My rating is based solely on the price. I would love to read this book, but the Kindle edition, the edition most likely to appeal to people interested in this topic, is much more…
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Interesting but Perhaps a Bit Overly Optimistic
“Born Digital” is a fascinating look at the impact of technology on young people. I found it particularly interesting since I had recently read The Dumbest Generation: How the…