Digital Natives
Prof. Radu Vasiu from the Universitatea “Politehnica” din Timisoara pointed me to a paper by Marc Prensky about digital natives, i.e., the generation born from 1975 onwards who grew up with digital technology around them.
Prof. Vasiu mentioned a study they did with students, he (himself) was astonished by the SMS-style of communicating (LOL = later online), H4T5TNT (home for tea at 5 tonight), see another article by Mark Prensky. “GTGPOS (got to go, parent over shoulder) is another important code.
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