Comments on: Is social media re-wiring a generation? http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/05/27/is-social-media-re-wiring-a-generation/ Marketing. Social Media. Humanity. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MARK W. SCHAEFER http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/05/27/is-social-media-re-wiring-a-generation/#comment-20 MARK W. SCHAEFER Thu, 28 May 2009 12:50:30 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/is-social-media-re-wiring-a-generation#comment-20 I agree. There is no stopping it, and a competitive edge will accrue to those who recognize and adopt to this new societal paradigm. Thanks for the comment, John! I agree. There is no stopping it, and a competitive edge will accrue to those who recognize and adopt to this new societal paradigm. Thanks for the comment, John!

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]]> By: john.bottom http://www.businessesgrow.com/2009/05/27/is-social-media-re-wiring-a-generation/#comment-19 john.bottom Thu, 28 May 2009 08:03:19 +0000 http://businessesgrow.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/is-social-media-re-wiring-a-generation#comment-19 Mark - I echo your concerns, but is this change necessarily change for the worse? Social standards have constantly changed through history. For example, much modern social behaviour would be considered shockingly casual/rude/impolite to a Victorian observer, but who are we to say that they were wrong and we are right? Or that future generations, as they continue this trend, are wrong. <br /><br />Of course, the growing use of social media, texting, iPhones, video games etc is a big issue today. They're all technologies that catalyse change – just as movies and TV helped make us different to previous generations. This will undoubtedly have implications for the future, and we (as the over 20s) need to be aware of it. But is there any point trying to stop it? Or even worry about it? The only certainty is change... Mark – I echo your concerns, but is this change necessarily change for the worse? Social standards have constantly changed through history. For example, much modern social behaviour would be considered shockingly casual/rude/impolite to a Victorian observer, but who are we to say that they were wrong and we are right? Or that future generations, as they continue this trend, are wrong.

Of course, the growing use of social media, texting, iPhones, video games etc is a big issue today. They’re all technologies that catalyse change – just as movies and TV helped make us different to previous generations. This will undoubtedly have implications for the future, and we (as the over 20s) need to be aware of it. But is there any point trying to stop it? Or even worry about it? The only certainty is change…

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