
Studies repeatedly call the Millennials, the most tech savvy of any generation, because of their habit-altering uses of cell phones and computers. Yes, Millennials are using more technology than any other generation. Yes, their changing habits are redefining the way we do business, the way we educate, and the way we relate to one another. But while many Millennials, now in their twenties and thirties, are contributing to the changing face of a tech-entrenched society, most of them use technology in passive and uncritical fashions. Most of our understanding and translation of new media technologies into new models of meaning-making was actually enabled and is still being led by Generation Xers and second generation Baby Boomers. We may not constitute the largest group of users of text messaging systems or social networking sites (although the numbers are rapidly increasing), and we may not have been texting in the crib, but because we witnessed the growth and impact of new media technologies, we recognize more readily the critical and creative potential and dangers of new media.