How College Students Interact with their Parents
1. As a college student I've experienced my subject first-hand. I obviously identify closer with the people of my age group, but can sympathize with the group of parents because of my interactions with them. Because I understand and use digital technology such as texting and the internet on a daily basis, I sometimes have a limited amount of patience for those who don't--like my own parents.
2. I assume that most of my audience will be young people, i.e. the participants in this class, and my friends. I assume that these people don't need dictionary definitions of "texting" and "Twitter" because they have had first-hand experience with said technology. I assume they'll find it funny too when the older adults mispronounce "the Google" or call an iPhone a 'BlackBerry.'
3. "Kids these days" get a lot of flak for spending most of their time in front of a screen of some sort. Parents and outsiders are quick to criticize teens and young adults for spending too much time socializing alone on computers or text messaging. But as their children leave for college, they have to adopt new communication methods to keep in contact. How do they feel about new technology? How does it differ from how they communicate with their parents?
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