Bauerlein, Mark. <br/><br/>
The dumbest generation :  how the digital age stupefies young Americans and jeopardizes our future (or, don't trust anyone under 30) / 
 Don't trust anyone under 30 
Mark Bauerlein. 
 - 1st trade pbk. ed. 
 - New York, NY :  Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin,  2009. 
 - xii, 253 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-244) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Knowledge deficits --  The new bibliophobes --  Screen time --  Online learning and non-learning --  The betrayal of the mentors --  No more culture warriors --  Bibliography --  Index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 
<br/><br/> A provocative analysis of what the author believes to be the intellectual shortcomings of today's young adults contends that electronic media originally developed to enhance the learning capacities of the current generation has directly contributed to growing gaps in basic knowledge. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1585427128 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Young adults--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.<br/>Technology and youth--United States.<br/>Young adults--Attitudes.--United States<br/>Internet--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Adultos jovens--Efecto de innovaciones tecnologicas sobre--Estados Unidos.<br/>Tecnología y jovenes--Estados Unidos.<br/>Adultos jóvenes--Actitudes.--Estados Unidos<br/>Internet--Aspectos sociales--Estados Unidos.<br/>Youth--United States.<br/>Technology and youth.<br/>Youth--Attitudes.<br/>Internet--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ 799.7  / B344d 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.231