Children acquire technology faster than adults

According to researchers from the Ofcom Media Office (UK), children from 6 years of age show that they have more technological knowledge than a 45 year old and through their teenage years, their confidence we are also beginning to gradually reduce digital technology.

Based on a survey of 2000 adults and 800 children to identify an individual's "digital quotient" based on measures of confidence and knowledge of communication technology, Ofcom said that We will reach the maximum level of digital technology at the ages of 14 and 15.

Data from the survey showed that children between the ages of 14 and 15 accounted for a quotient of 113 while a 75-year-old only reached 80. Children aged 6 to 7 reached 98 points, still higher than 96 points people between the ages of 45 and 49.

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Ed Richards, managing director of Ofcom, said: "Children and teenagers are the most knowledgeable about technology." According to the study, while more than half of the adults surveyed said they knew a lot about smartphones and tablets applications, 47% of them were "blind" about the service. Share messages with Snapchat images.

According to Ofcom, adults' understanding and ability to use new devices is quite low. Nearly half of adults (46%) in the survey said they had never heard of smartglass and 4 out of 10 when asked were not aware of smartwatch. A quarter of adults think they hear about these new devices in the wearable electronics market but don't know much about them.

In contrast, three-quarters of children said they did not know what to do without technology and adults seemed to have more to worry about when only 54% agreed.

Ofcom thinks that the generation gap is also showing a behavioral influence . Children 12 to 15 years old no longer talk to each other on the phone as much as the previous generation. In total contact time, children of this age spend only 3% of their time calling while 94% of the time is used for texting via IM services and social networks.

In contrast, the average adult in the UK spends 20% of the time contacting each other. For adults, email is still the most popular digital communication tool because it accounts for 33% of the time while children 12 to 15 years only spend 2% of the time sending email.