Week 15

            I was one of the groups that went the last week of presentations. So I am going to talk about the other group that went who focused on the topic of the generation gap. This was very intellectual and humorous and me all in one because of the emoji examples they showed. I now think of every adult I have ever communicated with and realize the differences in text and what they think a certain emoji means. When I text my mom she always is having to ask me what I meant by my emoji when in my mind it is pretty self explanatory when you use a blushing smiley face it would mean that something is cute. Yet because of this generational gap it is that us as young adults grew up learning about the technology and the language that comes along with it compared to our parents who learned later on in life. I think that has a huge impact on the learning and usage of technology in certain generation groups.

            Another thing they emphasized on that they discussed in class was that the baby boomer generation either has a hard time learning how to use technology such as texting or they just do not want to learn it all together. This is how my dad is mostly he says that he has gone through most of his life without texting so why would he need it now. But even though he thinks that way the necessity of having a phone this day in age is huge.

            This could also cause problems because the generation gap within the job field has caused problems. Generation Y are learning as they grow up how technology is used where as the baby boomers are having to relearn a lot of stuff.