IT Part 1 Flashcards
As a singular view, ______________ can be considered as encompassing only people who were born in the digital era
digital generation
the term ‘digital generation’ was adopted from?
National Public Radio
People who were not born into the digital era and had to adapt to technologies over time.
Digital Immigrants
People who have grown up in the information and digital age
Digital natives
Oldest living Generation
Silent Traditionalist
Sil Trad year and age
1925-1945 / 96-76 YO
Jukebox as primary tech
Sil Trad
Use technology to connect with Family
Sil Trad
Recite all Percentages for Sil Trad
63% - communication with fam mem
56% - connect with people
40% - do not use soc med
60% - prefer email
Risk and Fix for Sil Trad
Tech support scams - Install antivirus
Born on the tail end of WW2
Baby Boomers
Year and age for Baby Boomers
1945-1965 / 76-56 YO
first adopters of home computers
Baby Boomers
Recite all percentages for Baby Boomers
431% - increase in grocery pickups
469% - increase in the use of telehealth
88% - continue to use tech
Risk and Fix for Baby Boomers
compromised personal info - input info manually
Latchkey Gen
Gen X
prefer emails and phone calls for communication
Gen X
Gen X year and Age
1965-1980 / 56-41 YO
Embraced Walkman
Gen X
MTV Gen
Gen X
use tech primarily for communication
Gen X
Recite percentage and perspectives for Gen X
74% - use socmed
FB is their preferred platform
9/10 use socmed 7hrs per week
165 hours of TV per month
Gen X Risk and Fix
Oversharing in socmed - Less is More
First true digital natives
Millennials
Born in the advent of the internet and smartphones
Millennials
Selfie Gen
Millennials
Overly pampered by their parents
Millennials
Recite Percentages for Millennials
73% - tech makes work-life balance easier
43% - tech is threat to their positions
68% - use socmed
51% - use socmed at their office
Heaviest Internet Bankers
31% - use socmed to seek promotions
Millennials Risk and Fix
Cloud Based-platforms - less is more
Millennial year
1980-1995
Gen Z year
1995-2010
Has Gen Xers parents
Gen Z
First to embrace new platforms such as Snapchat
Gen Z
Recite percentages and the perspective of Gen Z
- YT is their top platform
- spends at least 3hrs and 38 mins on their smartphones every day
- 40% say WIFI is more important
Risk and Fix of Gen Z
Smartphones cyberattacks - download necessary apps and adjust privacy settings
Known as Glass Gen
Gen Alpha
Year of Gen Alpha
2010-present
Recite percentages of Gen Alpha
87% - internet helps performance in school
24% - spend online with friends than f2f
56% - play video games
54% - positively connect with KIDS
44% - tablet as their fav toy
61% - use tech to babysit
who coined the ‘Digital Generation’ category?
Marc Prensky (2001)
