By Antonio A. Casilli (Centre Edgar-Morin, Paris)

‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion…

I few months ago, I was the resident « critical thinker » at the Lift10 conference in Geneva. In that capacity, I delivered the speech that you can now watch here (with slides), where I debunk the myth of the digital natives. In the last three decades this myth has taken many forms. Computer Kids of the 1980s turned into Internet Children of the 1990s, before being dubbed Digital Natives in the 2000s. Some of the members of this so-called new generation of computer users are already pushing forty…

Kids nowadays are *not* naturally better  than adults at using computers. Yet the media have spread the belief  that a technological and cultural evolution is taking place. This belief hides the inequalities of access to information in today’s society, and the differentials in socio-economic status between the richer younger generations and the socially excluded older ones. The divide between ‘digital immigrants’ and ‘natives’ reproduces the same inequalities that we can observe in our off-line world.

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octobre 29, 2010 | Filed Under body, social capital 

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23 Responses to “‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion…”

  1. Antonio A. Casilli on octobre 29th, 2010 9 h 44 min

    'Digital natives': it's an old, old notion… http://bit.ly/9smgUz << just posted on Bodyspacesociety #sociotweets

  2. Arthur Jauffret on octobre 29th, 2010 9 h 47 min

    RT @bodyspacesoc: 'Digital natives': it's an old, old notion… http://bit.ly/9smgUz << just posted on Bodyspacesociety #sociotweets

  3. Jose A. Vazquez on octobre 29th, 2010 10 h 27 min

    ‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion… http://bit.ly/9XycXU

  4. Juliette D. M. on octobre 29th, 2010 11 h 36 min

    RT @bodyspacesoc: 'Digital natives': it's an old, old notion… http://bit.ly/9smgUz << just posted on Bodyspacesociety #sociotweets

  5. Le Bouillon on octobre 29th, 2010 11 h 48 min

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  6. Cyrz on octobre 29th, 2010 11 h 50 min

    RT @Bouillon: ‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion… http://ff.im/-sQmOr

  7. Marie Armand on octobre 29th, 2010 13 h 05 min

    Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion… http://ow.ly/31qmB

  8. Annie DUCRE on octobre 29th, 2010 13 h 08 min

    RT @twitting_mary: Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion… http://ow.ly/31qmB

  9. Jose Afonso Furtado on octobre 29th, 2010 14 h 30 min

    ‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion…by Antonio A. Casilli (@bodyspacesoc) http://is.gd/gsaip

  10. Dennis Moser on octobre 29th, 2010 14 h 44 min

    RT @jafurtado: ‘Digital natives’: an old, old notion…by Antonio A. Casilli (@bodyspacesoc) http://is.gd/gsaip [Glad to know I'm not alone!]

  11. Anthony Besson on octobre 29th, 2010 14 h 52 min

    "Digital natives is a myth"…. I guess I kind of agree… http://bit.ly/9smgUz from @bodyspacesoc

  12. Library Journal on octobre 29th, 2010 15 h 24 min

    RT @jafurtado: ‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion…by Antonio A. Casilli (@bodyspacesoc) http://is.gd/gsaip

  13. Juan Jose Diez on octobre 29th, 2010 16 h 26 min

    RT @joseantvazquez: ‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion… http://bit.ly/9XycXU

  14. Henri Verdier on octobre 29th, 2010 18 h 04 min

    RT @jafurtado: ‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion…by Antonio A. Casilli (@bodyspacesoc) http://is.gd/gsaip

  15. Antonio A. Casilli on octobre 30th, 2010 8 h 39 min

    @HenriVerdier @jafurtado @jujodiru @joseantvazquez @LJSLJebookSummt @anthonybesson thx for RT on digital natives video http://bit.ly/9XycXU

  16. Antonio A. Casilli on octobre 30th, 2010 8 h 40 min

    @aldusM @annieducre @twitting_mary @CyrZ93 @juliettedm @joseantvazquez @arthurjauffret thx RT on digital natives video http://bit.ly/9XycXU

  17. Alvi on the tweet on novembre 1st, 2010 14 h 51 min

    ¿Dónde están los nativos digitales? RT @jujodiru: RT @joseantvazquez: ‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion… http://bit.ly/9XycXU

  18. Julieta Lionetti on novembre 1st, 2010 14 h 52 min

    RT @hilodigital: ¿Dónde están los nativos digitales? RT @jujodiru: RT @joseantvazquez: ‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion… http://bit.ly/9XycXU

  19. Ana Elisa Ribeiro on novembre 1st, 2010 17 h 56 min

    RT @hilodigital: ¿Dónde están los nativos digitales? RT @jujodiru: RT @joseantvazquez: ‘Digital natives’: it’s an old, old notion… http://bit.ly/9XycXU

  20. Jean Burgess on novembre 12th, 2010 12 h 07 min

    Excellent #lift10 talk by @bodyspacesoc on "youth", tech & the myth of the 'digital natives' is here http://j.mp/9XycXU

  21. Antonio A. Casilli on novembre 12th, 2010 19 h 42 min

    RT @jeanburgess: Excellent #lift10 talk by @bodyspacesoc on "youth", tech & the myth of the 'digital natives' is here http://j.mp/9XycXU

  22. Jessie Daniels on novembre 12th, 2010 19 h 43 min

    RT @jeanburgess: Excellent #lift10 talk by @bodyspacesoc on "youth", tech & the myth of the 'digital natives' is here http://j.mp/9XycXU

  23. gallizio on novembre 13th, 2010 8 h 38 min

    RT @jeanburgess: Excellent #lift10 talk by @bodyspacesoc on "youth", tech & the myth of the 'digital natives' is here http://j.mp/9XycXU

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