Young and Wired
by Mike D'Anna 
May 15th 2006 at 8:00AM
In the continuing saga of our nation's youth being taken over by evil computer overlords, the San Fransisco Chronicle has jumped into the scene with an article about technology use among teens, and what the consequences might be.According to research by the Kaiser Foundation (apparently they study more than just rolls), young people spend over 6 hours per day engrossed in some form of media or the other, which is up an hour from five years ago. And yes, of course WoW gets to share a little bit of the blame.
It's hard for me to even imagine growing up today as a kid, with the internet & all the other technology we have available. There's a pretty good chance that if I'd had a modern PC when I was 13 or so, I would have never left the house...especially if my parents were as lax about monitoring it as they were about cable TV.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
PodMonkeys May 15th 2006 8:12AM
I had a modern computer when I was 13. Of course modern computers when I was 13 didn't do all that much. :P
Mat May 15th 2006 12:39PM
You could make the arguement against this article that with computers the person playing is making choices, interacting, and ideally using a little bit more of their brain than if they were sitting in front of the ol' "boob tube".