14 DAY TRIAL // A new survey reveals that although the teenagers are accessing the computer very often and almost every one of them owns at least a mobile phone, they are not attracted by technology, Reuters reported today. The research concerned Internet users with ages between 8 and 24 and included no less than 18,000 persons from 16 countries. According to the same publication, most of the young people are not interested in new technology but there are some exceptions: Brazil, India and China.
"Young people don't see "tech" as a separate entity - it's an organic part of their lives," said Andrew Davidson, vice president of MTV's VBS International Insight unit according to Reuters. "Talking to them about the role of technology in their lifestyle would be like talking to kids in the 1980s about the role the park swing or the telephone played in their social lives -- it's invisible."
Because it's well known the fact that numerous young Internet users are attracted by computer and spend several hours per day online or playing games, it's quite a paradox that they are not attracted by technology and other interesting devices.
"The way each technology is adopted and adapted throughout the world depends as much on local cultural and social factors as on the technology itself. Traditional youth marketing considered opinion formers and influencers to be a small elite, but these days the elite has become much larger," the MTV representative added.
A recently conducted survey revealed that most of the Americans are using broadband Internet connections at home and this shows an important usage of the computer. However, it's quite weird that many of the young Internet users are not even interested in technology while other nations such as Brazil and India, two countries that are not having an impressive financial power, are attracting teens to latest innovations in technology.