Feb
01
2008
The Google Generation Myth
By clopinettes
Many people believe that the Google Generation, teenagers now, are an especially adept group, making skillful use of search engines and outperforming their older peers as a result.
It’s not true.
And not only that, if you look at the heaviest users of the web, it’s not kids in their late teens - it’s the elderly. A fascinating report has been written, commissioned by JISC and the British Library which blows apart many myths about how different generations search for information using search engines.
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