Editing Millennials (section)

==Use of digital technology==
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File:Students working on class assignment in computer lab.jpg|Students working in a [[Gentoo Linux]] computer lab (2006)
File:Girl talking mobile 2006 cropped 2.jpg|A young woman talking on her [[flip phone]] (2006)
File:Couple lying on grass.jpg|A couple listening to music together on an [[iPod Mini]] (2006)
</gallery>[[Marc Prensky]] coined the term "[[digital native]]" to describe "K through college" students in 2001, explaining they "represent the first generations to grow up with this new technology".<ref name="Prensky">{{cite web|url=http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf|title=Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants|last=Prensky|first=Marc|publisher=MCB University Press|access-date=6 November 2013}}</ref> In their 2007 book ''Connecting to the Net.Generation: What Higher Education Professionals Need to Know About Today's Students'', authors Reynol Junco and Jeanna Mastrodicasa expanded on the work of William Strauss and Neil Howe to include research-based information about the personality profiles of millennials, especially as it relates to higher education. They conducted a large-sample (7,705) research study of college students. They found that Net Generation college students, born 1982 onwards, were frequently in touch with their parents and they used technology at higher rates than people from [[List of generations|other generations]]. In their survey, they found that 97% of these students owned a computer, 94% owned a mobile phone, and 56% owned an MP3 player. They also found that students spoke with their parents an average of 1.5 times a day about a wide range of topics. Other findings in the Junco and Mastrodicasa survey revealed 76% of students used [[instant messaging]], 92% of those reported [[Human multitasking|multitasking]] while instant messaging, 40% of them used television to get most of their news, and 34% of students surveyed used the Internet as their primary news source.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8t4GQAACAAJ |title=Connecting to the Net.Generation: What Higher Education Professionals Need to Know About Today's Students|last1=Junco|first1=Reynol|last2=Mastrodicasa|first2=Jeanna|publisher=National Association of Student Personnel Administrators|year=2007|isbn=978-0-931654-48-0|access-date=6 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Berk|first=Ronald A.|year=2009|title=How Do You Leverage the Latest Technologies, including Web 2.0 Tools, in Your Classroom?|url=http://www.ronberk.com/articles/2010_leverage.pdf|journal=International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning|volume=6|issue=1|page=4|access-date=2 September 2010}}</ref>

One of the most popular forms of media used by millennials is [[social networking]]. Millennials use social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, to create a different sense of belonging, make acquaintances, and to remain connected with friends.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Youth and Generation|last=Woodman|first=Dan|publisher=Sage Publications Ltd|year=2015|isbn=978-1-4462-5905-4|location=London|pages=132}}</ref> In 2010, research was published in the Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research which claimed that students who used social media and decided to quit showed the same withdrawal symptoms of a drug addict who quit their stimulant.<ref>Cabral, J. (2010). "Is Generation Y Addicted to Social Media". ''The Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communication'', 2(1), 5–13.</ref> In the 2014 [[PBS]] ''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]'' episode "Generation [[Like button|Like]]", there is discussion about millennials, their dependence on technology, and the ways the social media sphere is [[commoditized]].<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/generation-like/ Generation Like] PBS Film 18 February 2014</ref> Some millennials enjoy having hundreds of channels from cable TV. However, some other millennials do not even have a TV, so they watch media over the Internet using smartphones and tablets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/08/01/the-death-of-tv-5-reasons-people-are-fleeing-traditional-tv/|title=The Death of TV: 5 Reasons People Are Fleeing Traditional TV|author=John M. Grohol|date=1 August 2012|publisher=World of Psychology|language=en|access-date=12 February 2017|archive-date=13 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090431/https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/08/01/the-death-of-tv-5-reasons-people-are-fleeing-traditional-tv/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Jesse Singal]] of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine argues that [[smartphones]] have created a rift within the generation; older millennials, defined here as those born 1988 and earlier, came of age prior to widespread usage and availability of this technology, in contrast to younger millennials, those born in 1989 and later, who were exposed to this technology in their teen years.<ref name="NYMAG" />