Explain why people from different generations assign different meanings to relational technologies, as well as use them in a different way.

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People from different generations not only are born in different chronological eras but have had access to different kinds of technology. People born into an era of “print” technology tend to value the printed over the online or broadcast message; people born into the Internet generation might be more inclined to seek out information online than from a radio or television broadcast. This is because societies within each generation develop different standards and methods for evaluating knowledge, experience, and reality—which in turn affect their use or disuse of certain technologies.