Is There a Net Gener in the House? - Dispelling a Mystification

Abstract

The subject of this essay is the so-called ‘net generation’, the ‘generation @’, or the ‘millennials’ and the speculations about the importance of this generation for teaching. This essay represents both a critical analysis of such allegations and assumptions and a discourse, from the perspective of socialization, on the use of media in teaching.

Keywords

• e-learning
• social behaviour
• computer networks
• internet
• web