How the Google generation thinks differently

July 9, 2008 - 11:52am — Blake

Those Darn Kids Today: This year, researchers at University College London reported the results of a five-year study into the “Google Generation”. When they examined the behaviour of those logging on to the websites of journals, e-books and other sources of written information, they found widespread evidence of “skimming activity”. Users viewed no more than three pages before “bouncing out”.

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July 10, 2008 - 1:52pm — Anonymous (not verified)

3 pages! Holy cow.

3 pages! Holy cow. Compared to the studies I've seen, that's a lot of pages for any age group to use judge a resource.

Or those pages were those stupid ad-laden articles that you have to flip forward a couple of pages to get to the content?

Honestly, was less than impressed with this article. They cite the difference between generations, despite actually offering evidence of it. They feature a mother talking about a kid, then treating the kid like some sort of alien being.

Funny, the mother didn't pick up the textbook and randomly ask him something. Here's a better idea. If it seems like the kid is goofing off, they probably are. If their grades are fine who cares? But I have a hard time believing millions and millions of years of evolution have managed to change within one generation. So if previous generations prefer text to video etc, how come tv and movies have gained such high popularity over the course of the last century or so? If they are horrible at mutlitasking, how can older people manage to listen to npr, chew gum, and drive at the same time?