Comments on: The Generational Divide in Internet Use http://www.shockmd.com/2008/10/23/the-generational-divide-in-internet-use/ A Neurostimulating Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:43:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Children Anxiety Disorder http://www.shockmd.com/2008/10/23/the-generational-divide-in-internet-use/comment-page-1/#comment-2929 Children Anxiety Disorder Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:35:07 +0000 http://www.shockmd.com/?p=942#comment-2929 antidepressants may be prescribed for social anxiety disorder children antidepressants may be prescribed for social anxiety disorder children

]]> By: Online Researching: The Older Generation Online « Meredith’s Fabulous Blog http://www.shockmd.com/2008/10/23/the-generational-divide-in-internet-use/comment-page-1/#comment-2215 Online Researching: The Older Generation Online « Meredith’s Fabulous Blog Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:21:06 +0000 http://www.shockmd.com/?p=942#comment-2215 [...] a practicing psychiatrist, who actually did a study on the the elderly online. His piece is titled “Generational Divide in Internet Use” This piece talks about this issue from an MD expert [...] [...] a practicing psychiatrist, who actually did a study on the the elderly online. His piece is titled “Generational Divide in Internet Use” This piece talks about this issue from an MD expert [...]

]]> By: David Strom http://www.shockmd.com/2008/10/23/the-generational-divide-in-internet-use/comment-page-1/#comment-2046 David Strom Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:08:52 +0000 http://www.shockmd.com/?p=942#comment-2046 I recently wrote about this topic with respect to how generations consume media, on: http://strom.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/the-generational-media-divide/ I was at a meeting this week that drove home the big generational divide in online and offline media consumption. At the podium was a 20-something CEO of a new venture that is trying to work with new college grads. In the audience were people mostly twice his age of captains of industry. The young CEO was asked what he thought about using content that was similar to the way Consumer Reports rates and compares products. After a pause and a blank look, he said, “I don’t know what you mean, I never heard of that publication.” That got a big laugh from the audience, but his ignorance was genuine. The Q&A continued, and he mentioned a few moments later how he gets a lot of his information from the Web site HuffingtonPost.com. Now it was the moment of being perplexed for the gentlemen sitting next to me, who leaned over to ask me if I have ever heard of such a publication. His ignorance was also the real deal. So where do you stand on the Consumer Reports/HuffingtonPost axis? And more importantly, where do your readers stand as well? How savvy are they with using online media to get their information? I recently wrote about this topic with respect to how generations consume media, on:
http://strom.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/the-generational-media-divide/

I was at a meeting this week that drove home the big generational divide in online and offline media consumption. At the podium was a 20-something CEO of a new venture that is trying to work with new college grads. In the audience were people mostly twice his age of captains of industry. The young CEO was asked what he thought about using content that was similar to the way Consumer Reports rates and compares products. After a pause and a blank look, he said, “I don’t know what you mean, I never heard of that publication.” That got a big laugh from the audience, but his ignorance was genuine. The Q&A continued, and he mentioned a few moments later how he gets a lot of his information from the Web site HuffingtonPost.com. Now it was the moment of being perplexed for the gentlemen sitting next to me, who leaned over to ask me if I have ever heard of such a publication. His ignorance was also the real deal.

So where do you stand on the Consumer Reports/HuffingtonPost axis? And more importantly, where do your readers stand as well? How savvy are they with using online media to get their information?

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