Kids These Days – Teenagers and Media

I don’t think kids these days realize how spoiled they really are.  They want what they want when they want it.  I myself am pretty spoiled when it comes to media.  I want instant updates for news, to fast forward commercials, record my TV shows, and my Internet to move super fast.
I like this report done by a FIFTEEN year old intern, Matthew Roboson about how teens view media.
Here are a few passages:

• “No teenager that I know of regularly reads a newspaper, as most do not have the time and cannot be bothered to read pages and pages of text while they could watch the news summarized on the internet or on TV.
• “Teenagers never use real directories (hard copy catalogues such as yellow pages). This is because real directories contain listings for builders and florists, which are services that teenagers do not require”.
• “Most teenagers nowadays are not regular listeners to radio. They may occasionally tune in, but they do not try to listen to a program specifically. The main reason teenagers listen to the radio is for music, but now with online sites streaming music for free they do not bother, as services such as last.fm do this advert free, and users can choose the songs they want instead of listening to what the radio presenter/DJ chooses.”
• “Every teenager has some access to the internet, be it at school or home. Home use is mainly used for fun (such as social networking) whilst school (or library) use is for work. Most teenagers are heavily active on a combination of social networking sites. Facebook is the most common, with nearly everyone with an internet connection registered and visiting >4 times a week. Facebook is popular as one can interact with friends on a wide scale. On the other hand, teenagers do not use Twitter.”

How have you become spoiled with your media?

View the full report here.

Tags: media, social media, Twitter

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 at 1:05 pm and is filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.