MediaSnack-snack-snackers#16
Quotes which illustrate.
(WORLD) MediaSnackers are being served more and more ways to snack on their chosen media than ever. It’s hard to differentiate between companies and start-ups enabling snacking or the snacking trends driving media platform development, but here are a couple of quotes from the ‘experts’ to sum it all up for any ‘MediaSnacker-virgins’:
The children of 2012 will not be inspired by watching, they will be inspired by hearing these myriad authentic stories, and by contributing some too.
Stephen Heppell talking about the development of the 2012 Olympia Media Centre.
I'm creating, I'm re-expressing, I'm criticizing, I'm spreading ideas—what's wrong with it?
Lawrence Lessig talking about the differences between what the younger generation or doing in terms of remixing their own culture compared to his generation who are trying to curtail it.
UK
Young people don't see tech as a separate entity—it's an organic part of their lives. Talking to them about the role of technology in their lifestyle would be like talking to kids in the 1980's about the role the park swing or telephone played in their social lives—it's invisible. They are completely focused on the functionality and use of devices. They don't enjoy texting, or emailing for its own sake—what they enjoy is communicating with their friends all the time.
A new survey says UK teenagers spend 34 hours online each week.
