Kids' media usage creating a generation gap
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A recent report from the Kaiser Family Foundation says that kids use entertainment media for nearly 8 hours a day. Some experts argue that the next generation gap will be created by this latest boom in communication and technology devices. Midmorning finds out how kids' increasingly saavy experience with gadgets is impacting their creativity, multitasking ability, and making them unique from generations before and after.
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Larry Rosen: Professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills. His latest book is "Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn."
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Amanda Lenhart: Senior research specialist at Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
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