Youngsters Not Happy About Oldsters Going Online
Thu 31 Jan 2008 – 11.43
I’ve been saying for years that Baby Boomers ruined the Internet. Or at least adults in general. Not us geeky kids. First, they felt the need to monetize everything leading to the boom in advertising online. Next, they, in their gullible ways, allowed Spam and Fishing scams to flourish, and now they have the dubious honour of being trend-killers. Once your dad tries to friend you on MySpace, you know it’s time to go someplace new.
The sentiment is shared, it seems. News.com.au tells us about how late teens and twentysomethings are finding it annoying when their parents, grandparents, and adults in general are encrouching on their [virtual] turf.
“As parents, we have to figure out where to draw the line between encouraging and allowing our teens to have autonomy, to experience their separate culture, and when we need to monitor their use of media,” says Montgomery, a professor of communication at American University.
It’s an interesting topic, and something that perhaps needs to be looked at family-by-family. I know that my father and I have sort of bonded over my teaching him bits of Photoshop here and there. He hasn’t yet discovered Flickr, etc., but that might help a bit to open his mind. He does, however, know where to find all the great conspiracy theories from ultra-left websites. Eeek.
posted by Scott in life.
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