The ‘Screen’ generation

Whether its a television, a cell phone or a computer, young people who are under 18 have always lived surrounded by screens and have become used to using them constantly ever since they were very young ; they are known as digital natives; the central role screens play in their lives – a role which both utility and symbol – allied to a redeœ nition of their initial functionalities, opens up a wide-ranging œ eld of investigation;