Features of the digital generation

Abstract

The purpose of scientific research is to determine the main features of the modern generation of student youth and analyze their impact on the effectiveness of learning. Changes in the digital generation compared to their predecessors are identified. The main consequences of the information revolution for the digital generation are analyzed (clipped thinking, multitasking, development of a special language, decreased memory quality, reduced attention span, etc.). It is noted that these changes are the response of the consciousness of modern people to a significant increase in the flow of information. A decrease in the threshold of critical thinking in modern schoolchildren and students is noted, their weakening of responsibility for their actions, their absent-mindedness, hyperactivity, attention deficit and the preference of visual symbols over logic and immersion in the text, a total unwillingness to remember anything.
Based on the analysis, the main signs of a person who is Internet-addicted are determined: good health or euphoria at the computer; inability to stop; increase in the amount of time spent at the computer; neglect of family and friends; feeling empty, depressed, irritated when not at the computer; lying to employers or family members about one’s activities; problems with work or study.
In addition, other features of the digital generation of modern youth were analyzed, which may affect the effectiveness of their learning and socialization (global thinking, tolerance, rapid adaptation to new technologies, multitasking, attraction to daily notes on social networks, anxiety of not being connected, decreased empathy and social intelligence, information overload, etc.).