Ethics. New York Public Library. AlabamaMosaic. Lorcan Dempsey's weblog: Generations. We have been having some internal discussion about the usefulness of the 'generational turn' in much recent exploration of reading, media consumption, and learning and research behaviors.
It is impossible to move without bumping into a discussion of netgen, natives and immigrants, Y or X, screenagers, the Google generation, and so on. I incline to Andy Powell's scepticism, and not just because because I have a significant birthday coming up ;-) He suggests that attitude is more important than age, although in response one might wonder about the influence of age on attitude.