Contents

• Introduction
• Literature review
• A critical evaluation
• Conclusion
• References

Description

According to Webster’s dictionary Social Media has been defined as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users creates online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos) (Webster, 2011).” The “Net Generation” as it is being called now is eager to learn, but at the same time learning through traditional means does not suffice with them. With the introduction of day to day developments of various technological tools, the means of learning with this new generation have also changed.
The very first stampede of the “Net Generation” entered colleges about a decade ago; this stampede pressured the colleges to deal with theory social media obsession and to put learning in a way that this generation could relate to. This generation has, literally, grown up with technology, with them so deeply immersed in social media and communication gadgets and software that they have forgotten them as technology tools and refuse to live without them. Looking at it fro the surface, it is viewed that what this generation is fascinated by is the technology, which is not so; it is the talk, the collaboration, the engagement and the network establishment that attracts them.