The App Generation (29 page)

“Greatest Generation,”
39

Groopman, Jerome,
177

Gulf War, first,
55

Gunsmoke
(TV show),
46

Gutenberg, Johannes,
21

Gutenberg era,
34

habits,
26
–32,
72
,
159
–60

handheld devices,
50

hanging out, digital devices and,
30

Hangouts,
109

Hannah Montana
(TV show),
68

happiness, perceptions of,
101
–2,
160

hardware,
18
,
52
–53

Harry Potter
series,
90

Harvard Project Zero,
199

hate groups/crimes,
108
,
110
–11,
205

Heath, Shirley Brice,
145
,
162

Heinlein, Robert,
164

Here Comes Everybody
(Shirky),
90

“hits,”
20

hook-up culture,
114
–15

“How to Live without Irony” (Wampole op-ed),
104
–5

Hulu,
57
,
116

Huntley, Chet,
46

Hussein, Saddam, execution of,
56

Huxley, Aldous,
156

hypercoordination,
94
–95

identity,
2
,
34
,
59
,
119
,
121
,
153
; in absence of technology,
163
; app worldview and,
161
; connectedness through mobile phones and,
165
; digital alter-egos,
90
; formation of,
32
,
43
; integration of online and offline lives,
62
–63; life stages and,
168
; literary guides to mid-twentieth century,
40
–45; multiple,
170
; negative identity,
43
; offline,
64
; online persona,
4
–5,
63
; packaged,
61
,
66
–76,
91
; polished self-presentation online,
63
; predigital,
66
; questions posed to focus groups and,
201
; spiritual lives and,
87
; superficial,
191
; transformations in,
65
–66

IDEO,
148
,
149

I Love Lucy
(TV show),
46
,
69

imagination,
5
,
33
,
34
,
59
,
129
,
192
; in absence of technology,
163
; artistic expression,
120
–22; communication and,
154
; data on changes in creativity,
130
–39; imaginative powers,
44
; life stages and,
168
; measurement of,
127
–30; questions posed to focus groups and,
201
; regimented extracurricular activities and,
148
; remix culture and,
141
–47; teachers' observations of,
139
–41

iMovie,
120
,
123
,
124

individualism,
68
–69,
72
,
91

individuality,
22

infants, reflexes of,
15
,
25
–26

“influence scores,”
73

information,
17
,
18
,
33

inner-directed individual,
41
,
69
,
74
,
77

Instagram,
52
,
60
,
65
,
83
,
120

instant messaging,
52
,
96
,
107
,
145
,
207
,
208

intellectual property,
170
,
172

intelligence, forms of,
181

Internet,
2
,
22
,
52
,
71
,
150
; generations and,
50
; globalized world and,
89
; growth of,
58
; high-speed,
63
; identity exploration and,
62
; ironic turn in culture and,
105
; like-minded connections on,
117
–18; magical quality of,
57
; narcissism and,
76
,
81
; speed of information sharing on,
56
; visual stimuli provided by,
145

interracial dating,
86

interviews,
11
–12,
59
,
61
; in Bermuda study,
11
,
208
; with educators,
12
,
199
–200,
201
,
202
,
204
; in GoodPlay Project,
205
; with middle-school students,
82
;
in teen blogger study,
207

intimacy,
5
,
32
–33,
34
,
59
,
88
,
119
,
153
; in absence of technology,
163
; connectedness through mobile phones and,
164
; downturn in trust and,
99
; life stages and,
168
; offline relationships augmented by technology,
107
–10; questions posed to focus groups and,
201
; superficial,
191
; vulnerability and,
161

introspection,
74
–75

iPad,
143
,
183

iPhone,
194

Iraq War,
165

irony,
104
–5

isolation, sense of,
44
,
77
,
98
–100,
119
; online peer communications and,
107
–10; paradox of social media connection and,
100
–107

Ito, Mimi,
30

iTunes,
89

James, William,
26

Jenkins, Henry,
33

The Jerry Springer Show
(TV show),
116

Jersey Shore
(TV show),
115

job market,
53

Jobs, Steve,
24

Johnson, Molly,
1
,
2
,
3
–5; and never being lost,
84
; on bullying,
112
,
113
; use of apps by,
56
,
62
,
63
,
64
-65,
73
,
75
,
101
,
105
–6,
109
,
124

Kaly, Odelia,
103

Kennedy assassination,
50

Kindle,
58

Klout,
73

knowledge,
33
,
44
,
165
,
181
,
187
; constructivist view of,
182
; creation and dispersal of,
49
; mastery of prior knowledge,
184
; objective measurements and,
175
–76; weakness in cultural knowledge,
87
–88

Kubrick, Stanley,
155
,
156

Kugel, Seth,
185

Lanier, Jaron,
34
,
142

laptops,
2
,
23
,
50
,
93
; age of first acquisition of,
58
; MacBook,
75
,
124

Le Guin, Ursula K.,
164

Lessig, Lawrence,
152

Levine, Arthur,
50
,
86
–87

Lewis, Jacob,
125

Lifelong Kindergarten group,
150

Life
magazine,
46

Life on the Screen
(Turkle),
62

life spans,
36

life stages,
37
,
42
–45,
71
,
168

lifestyle choices,
98

Lithgow, John,
176

LiveJournal,
11
,
90
,
124
,
125
,
152
,
206

location apps,
84

lock-in, software and,
142
,
143

lodges, fraternal,
90

LOGO,
181
–82

The Lonely American
(Olds),
100

The Lonely Crowd
(Riesman),
14
,
40
–42

Lost Generation (1920s),
13
,
39

Louis, Joe,
22

Luce, Henry,
46

Ma, Yo-Yo,
176

MacArthur Foundation,
205

machines,
17
,
19
–20

Machover, Tod,
189
–90

Madame Bovary
(Flaubert),
157

maps,
17

“marshmallow experiment,”
27

mass production,
19
–20,
19

mass shootings,
108

Master Piano,
120

McLuhan, Marshall,
24
,
25
,
54
,
153
–54,
158
; on “global village,”
22
–23; on new media and contents of old media,
180

McPherson, Miller,
219
–20n11 medium (media),
17
,
18
,
159
; of communication,
21
,
22
; in mid-twentieth century,
45
–49,
59
; other-directed mentality and,
41

mental health workers,
12
,
200

mentors,
171

Merrin, William,
216
n43

messing around,
30

microblogging sites,
62
,
89

microcoordination,
94
,
95

middle class,
40
,
49
,
161

MIDI (music software program),
142
–43

Miller, Arthur,
43

MIT Media Lab,
150

mobile phones,
2
,
56
,
101
,
163
,
164

Modern Times
(Charlie Chaplin film),
19
,
19

money, electronic transfer of,
15
,
16

MOOCs (massive open online courses),
175

Moodscope,
73

“moral freedom,”
171

morality,
6
,
170

Morozov, Evgeny,
227
n

movies,
45
,
52
,
157

Movie360,
120
,
123

MTV (Music Television),
57
,
71
,
112

MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons),
62

multitasking,
146

multiuser games,
52

Mumford, Lewis,
18
–19,
20
,
22
,
25
,
51

“muploads,”
101

music, streaming,
127

My Monster Voice,
62

Myspace,
56

narcissism,
69
,
75
–76,
77
,
109
,
119
,
166

Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI),
69

NBC network,
46

Netflix,
116

Netscape Navigator,
57

New Media Literacy Group,
172

New York Times
, online,
58

1984 (Orwell),
156
,
159
,
193

No Child Left Behind,
80

Note to God,
169
–70

NVivo
9 (software program),
203
,
204
,
207
,
208

open-mindedness,
127
,
128

Operation Desert Storm,
55

opinions,
33
,
34

The Organization Man
(Whyte),
42

originality,
122
,
127
,
128

Orwell, George,
156

other-directed individual,
41
,
47
,
69
,
119

Our Space
(New Media Literacy Group),
172

Pahlka, Jennifer,
188
,
190

Papert, Seymour,
150
,
181

parents,
80
–81,
84
,
86
,
95
–96,
141
; as “best friends” of their children,
85
; college students' communication with,
107
; of disadvantaged youth,
162
; ethics and,
173
; goals of,
164
; helicopter parents,
47
,
84
–85

Pariser, Eli,
117
–18

PeerIndex,
73

peers,
41
,
90
,
100
,
102
,
141
,
200

PepsiCo Frito-Lay,
122
–23

personal assistants,
50

Pew Research Center,
93
–94

Photo Booth,
75

photography, digitally manipulated,
60
,
132

Photoshop,
132

PhotoSlice,
120

Picasso, Pablo,
153
,
176

Pink,
88

Pinterest,
52
,
62

planning, in-the-moment,
94
–95

“planning delusion,”
67

Plautus,
37

play, of children,
127
,
129

Playhouse
90 (TV show),
46

Polanyi, Michael,
175

politics,
6
,
50
–51,
56