Comment Incorrectly Generalized (Score 1) 195
First, I agree with NetFu...that the ability to "get it" (in this context) has less to do with age, and more to do with your ability as an individual to absorb yourself into the medium/reality that you are trying to understand/work with.
Admittedly, Katz has created a difficult task, trying to defend and describe an overarching, generalized theory of behavioral patterns.
But I think it is a big step to say that, "Young Netizens seem flabbergasted when the adult value system collides with and changes their world" -- flabbergasted? Be realistic, Jon, nobody is flabbergasted or surprised -- it's not that Young Netizens are flabbergasted by this "adult value system", but like you said, they form their own moral code, based upon what's practical, reasonable, fair. To this end, Young Netizens are not out to screw their favorite artists out of copyright-dividends, but they're smart enough to know the whole industry is rigged anyway, that as long as they financially support the artists they like, then the system will survive (that's why most people who have Gigs of MP3s still purchase CDs).
In addition, calling Young Netizens "free-marketers and democrats" because a couple of young kids made some money off of web-design and business-development? It's not a good argument, because maybe these attitudes have more to do with booming economic times than spread of IT and "Open Media".
But overall, not bad article (takes a little liberty, but not bad).
Admittedly, Katz has created a difficult task, trying to defend and describe an overarching, generalized theory of behavioral patterns.
But I think it is a big step to say that, "Young Netizens seem flabbergasted when the adult value system collides with and changes their world" -- flabbergasted? Be realistic, Jon, nobody is flabbergasted or surprised -- it's not that Young Netizens are flabbergasted by this "adult value system", but like you said, they form their own moral code, based upon what's practical, reasonable, fair. To this end, Young Netizens are not out to screw their favorite artists out of copyright-dividends, but they're smart enough to know the whole industry is rigged anyway, that as long as they financially support the artists they like, then the system will survive (that's why most people who have Gigs of MP3s still purchase CDs).
In addition, calling Young Netizens "free-marketers and democrats" because a couple of young kids made some money off of web-design and business-development? It's not a good argument, because maybe these attitudes have more to do with booming economic times than spread of IT and "Open Media".
But overall, not bad article (takes a little liberty, but not bad).
