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Unthinkable?

One of the most interesting claims made by Clay Shirky in his article is that we are living in the midst of an internet revolution. While I can see how the idea may connect with older generations, I feel that this revolution is not as significant with younger generations. As a member of a generation that has grown up with the internet, it is not unusual for me to use the internet as my first source of information for research and learning. Newspapers are quickly becoming outdated, but I feel that the current and future generations are not feeling the effects of this revolution because, in a sense, we were never connected with it. As a child, I only read the newspaper for the comics, and today, when news is important, I go to google news before I open a paper. For older generations that feel a connection to the newspapers, it is harder to let go, but frankly, from my own point of view, I find it hard to be concerned about the death of the newspaper.