12-24 Year-Olds in This Digital Age: Everything Moving to Mobile

According to Dr. Cole from the Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg School, during his presentation to the Knight Digital News Entrepreneur Boot Camp, in Los Angeles, Saturday, the life of today's 12-24 year-old human is very digital. Here are some of the facts and trends he revealed:

Life of 12-24

  • Will never read a newspaper but attracted to some magazines.
  • Will never own a land-line phone (and maybe not a watch.)
  • Will not watch television on someone else's schedule much longer.
  • Trust unknown peers more than experts.
  • For first time willing (2005) to pay for digital content. Never before.
  • Little interest in the source of information and most information aggregated.
  • Community at the center of Internet experience.
  • Think not interested in advertising or affected by brand, but wrong.
  • Everything will move to mobile.
  • Television dominates less than any generation before.
  • Want to move content freely from platform to platform with no restrictions.
  • Want to be heard (user generated) .
  • Use IM. Think e-mail is for their parents.