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Last broadcast on Sun, 15 Mar 2009, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Kenan explores the reality behind the stereotype of the 'Google generation', the young people who have become so hooked on the web and computer games that they are unable to think, study and concentrate.
This characterisation is motivated by genuine concerns that heavy use of the internet and computer games are actually rewiring the brains of young people. They are learning and thinking differently to their forebears in a massive technological and social experiment. Kenan investigates these concerns and asks Stephen Fry, among others, whether the rise of the digital generation should be a cause for celebration or concern.
Broadcasts
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Thu 12 Mar 200920:30
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Sun 15 Mar 200921:30
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