Describes the ways in which the children who are growing up and being educated in an environment heavily influenced by the Internet will set the political, economic, and cultural agenda as adults

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"Don Tapscot is one of out leading thinkers about the shape, color and scope of the digital revolution. Growing Up Digital offers an incisive and compellingly written look at the generation that will make it all happen."-Joshua Cooper Ramo, Senior Editor, TIME "This breakthrough book takes us into a networked world where the Net Generation is clearly in the driver's seat."-Lawrence J. Ellison, Chairman and CEO, Oracle Corporation "Finally a book documents the digital world with both depth and optimism, with the full support and authority of the future-kids. This book is a boomer's bible to tomorrow.-Nicholas Negroponte, Author, Being Digital This eye-opening, fact-filled book profiles the rise of the Net Generation, which is using digital technology to change the way individuals and society interact. Essential reading for parents, teachers, policy makers, marketers, business leaders, social activists, and others, Growing Up Digital makes a compelling distinction between the passive medium of television and explosion of interactive digital media, sparked by the computer and the Internet. Tapscott shows how children, empowered by new technology, are taking the reins fom their boomer parents and making inroads into all areas of society, including our education system, the government, and economy. The result is a timely revealing look at our digital future that kids and adults will find both fascinating and instructive.

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