Module 7: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OLD TECHNOLOGIES AND MILLENIALS
a. Millennials and news
b. Millennials and Social Media
WEEK Number: 8
TIME ALLOTMENT: 1hr.
OBJECTIVES:
At end of the module, the students should be able to:
• Know what are the old technologies and new, technologies
• Learn the importance of news in the millennial generation
• Identify how millennials connect with mobile technology and networks; and
• Understand how social media affects the millennials
LEARNING CONTENT:
NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OLD TECHNOLOGIES AND MILLENNIALS
INTRODUCTION:
DISCUSSION
A. Millennials and News
What is news?
News is the information available to its audience about the current events that are happening
locally or globally. Common topics used discussed for news reports include government, politics,
weather, catastrophes, economy, education, health, entertainment, fashion, athletic events and so on.
It may be provided through different platforms depending from each kind of generation.
The difference between baby boomers and gen Xers to the millennials
Baby boomers are people who were born from 1946-1964 (54-72 years old), while Gen Xers are
the ones who were born from 1965-1980 (38-53 years old). There is a huge difference on how news was
received by the people from the old times and now.
When the old generation think about the news, they think of the old ways, of how they come to
be updated with the news: It may be through the radio, the newspaper, and the good old-fashioned
televisions; but with the innovations of todays generation, millennials now have different ways to
consume and get updated with the news.
How millennials get up-to-date?
A quick look into this millennial generation explains to us how they can easily get up-to-date
with the news. This millennial generation does not rely on the newspaper or the television just like the
Baby Boomers and some Gen-Xers do. They get their news through social media networks media
networks like Facebook, twitter and such. A study suggests that about sixty-one percent (61%) of
millennials spent about 27 hours a week online, says Nielsen who conducted a study in the third
quarter of 2016.
How they perceive news?
Thirty-six percent (36%) of Americans spend more time reading news that are on par with their
political views rather than opposing views. A study conducted by nielsen found out that Gen Xers spend
more time online than some millennials do. Spending about 32 hours a week, a number which is 5 hours
higher than millennials. They spend these much time to only read information that they consider to
support what they believe in. it can easily be seen what their political opinion by what newspaper and
magazines they read whether online or offline with millennials, eighty-three percent (83%) of them are
suggested to be more expose to more diverse opinions on social media and seventy-three percent
(73%) of them click more to know. The generations of baby boomers and gen Xers display that they are
set on their own ways, while millennials show open-mindedness.
How do we know what we think we know?
Though knowledge is on the gasp of users through the internet, people still are having a hard
time getting access to it leaving many of them lacking. How do wee know what we think we know? This
is an epistemological question that has been continually debated and explained. A man explained that
two sources of knowledge can exist.
TWO KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE
1. Expert Knowledge
Acquired by those who study and read scientific papers, conducted and examine findings from
studies, those who geaned their advanced degrees. They are people who are called in for advice on their
respective subject of study
2. ”Wiki Knowledge”
Most millennials know about wiki or Wikipedia, a website on internet which allows its users
collaborately modify the content of some topic and structure directly from their web browser. But since
contributors are not experts in these, the wiki knowledge obtained does not provide conclusive evidence
The internet can be a helpful tool to its users but it can also lead to misinformation. Users must not
forget that there are designated experts in each field that had allotted time and expert to gain reliable
knowledge on their subject of study. An example of this is someone who would search the symptoms that
they are suffering from in the internet instead of going to the doctor and get checked-up. This may lead to
misdiagnose and overthinking. Users must remember that not everything you see in the internet is true and
that we need to consult experts for their opinions.
B. Millennials and social media
Defining social media
Social media is a platform wherein interaction can be made by both the machine and the user in
order to share data or information that can be beneficial to various uses. It was created and designed for
public use, whether it is for free or not. The usage of the social media networks is limitless. Anything can
literally be found in social media in the matter of seconds, or even less. That is why the millennials of today
are very much attracted to whatever it produces.
The social media In the modern world
Social media as we know contain many benefits for our diverse user, and since technology
dominates the usage of daily living, the power of social media are now being used as a platform to perform
task whether it is for personal or professional matters. Social media diversify its capability on producing
great that is user-generated friendly for its content. Since social media is a part of the Wen 2.0, the
interaction for both technology and human can now be easily explored and used by any individual. Social
media will never go out of date and are here to remain I nthe technology use, they are not going anywhere
it has an industry where it cannot be destroyed, It will just improve day after day, minute after minute and
seconds after seconds.
Forms and types of social media
1. Social networking known for being the most popular and casual use of social media users
2. Forum provides interaction between users with the same hobby
3. Microblogging consists of small amount of words posted online to share one’s thought and
opinions for personal matters
4. Bookmarking personalize identifier to easily identify the specified network site specifically for the
user
5. Video site allows user to view video material based on preference
6. Search engine helps out user to perform a task on what has been researched
How Millennials use social media for beneficial platforms
1. Social Connections
This network allows the user to keep in touch to their friends and families in order to keep updated
to build connections. (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and MySpace)
Social connections can:
a. Improve your quality of life-the social “home base” can have an idea on how much social
connections form your well being and everyday life. Social connection can be greater determinant
to health than obesity, smoking and high blood pressure that doesn’t necessarily to the physical
being of the people but in subjective experience of feelings and connected to others.
b. Boost your mental health-with the help of your friends they can offer benefits of mental health, like
increased feelings of belonging, purpose, increased levels of happiness, reduced levels of stress,
improved self worth and confidence
c. Help you live longer-the impact of social connections is not only mental health but your physical
health
d. Decrease you risk of suicide-the number of factors to put the people at their higher or lower risk for
suicide is the crucial role in protecting a person against suicidal thoughts and behavior
2. Multimedia Sharing
Viewing photographs and watching or streaming online videos are two of the major concepts on
how humans interact and cope up with the entertainment industry, as well as pop culture.
Media sharing allows to place media on other sites by embedding that can copy and paste the
snippet of hyper text markup languages code into web page.
Here are the main two forms of media sharing sites:
1.Video - video media sharing site allows users to upload videos for free such as YouTube
2.Photos - photo sharing sites allow to upload images and view by other people
3. Professional
Social networks that are created to provide professional usage for users creates a beneficial
purpose career wise. The network provides assistance in finding occupation or create and connect
professional forum
4. Informational
Informational networks provide assistance and guidance to people in need and answer when the
users need to their everyday problems
5. Educational
This network’s purpose is to provide interaction for students to students, students to teacher, or
teacher to teacher, and create a working forum where they can collaborate based on school related tasks
and projects.
6. Hobbies
Finding the perfect website and application is important to the millennials of today in order to
conduct hobbies network-wise
7. Academic
For research and thesis use, academic network provides a workspace wherein they can share
previous researches for the people to view it in public and create beneficial for oneself
Why social media are always being used for personal purpose and as a market
1. Anyone can easily interact with one another internationally because of the connectivity it
offers globally
2. Interest can be found in any category of website so users can easily find hobbies to consume
their time online
3. The information can be shared instantly, saving time for research and study intentions
expressed from the source
4. Advertising grosses high profit that can be put up in any websites.
5. Speed that technology can offer are now boundless
SUMMARY
News are currents events that are reported to a wide range of audience. Baby boomers and Gen
Xers are different from the modern generation of Millennials in terms of how they get updated with the
current news and how they perceive them. With the vast innovation of technology, Millennials get updated
from social media platforms like Facebook. Another issue about these innovations are how people depend
based on the results of their searches, leading them to be misinformed. There are two types of knowledge,
expert knowledge, acquired by those who studied for expertise and had earned advanced degrees, and
wiki knowledge, the information gathered through th internet but are not supported by conclusive
evidence. Users must always remember that not everything you see in the internet is true and there are
experts that they can seek for counsel.
Social media used for everyday interaction from whatever medium was used to the human being.
The benefits of using social media for any platform can be infinite, that is why the industry will never
diminish in todays modern world. Social media are composed of many types and forms that can used by
millennials for networking, forums and such. The power it creates can help out many beneficiaries for the
users, whether it is for professional, social connections, sharing of information and others. The concept of
market is now being applied to social media due to the rise of e-commerce, high profit, accessibility and
instant use. Of course when there are a lot of benefits given by social media, there is an opposing side
wherein users must be aware to avoid malicious content. Other negative effects of using social media must
be avoided as well, to increase productivity, and remain the positive communities that social media are
supposed to have
