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# Slaying the myth of the digital native
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2017/07/slaying-the-myth-of-the-digital-native/
- Published: 2017-07-31T14:09:51.000Z
- Updated: 2017-07-31T14:09:51.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: digital culture, digital journalism, research, Social Media

[Nature](http://www.nature.com/news/the-digital-native-is-a-myth-1.22363?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) takes aim at the prevaling “wisdom” that the younger generation are more digitally adept:

> But a paper published last month in Teaching and Teacher Education reaches the opposite conclusion. The digital native is a myth, it claims: a yeti with a smartphone.

The phrase “digital native” is a great bozo test: anyone using it these days is probably a bozo who hasn’t done their research.

\[via [Quartz](https://qz.com/1041828/a-new-study-shows-millennials-are-no-better-at-using-technology-than-their-parents/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)\]