The Challenges of the TICs' Age: Digital Natives Versus Inmigrants

Abstract

The "Digital Natives" as Prensky baptized in 2001 are a new generation that is a challenge for the new lines of research in semiotics as its new language and development platform 2.0. This group of young people born in the late 80s think, act, relate and even study in a digitally way, posing new challenges for researchers. This article discusses the features that have led to separate precisely these "digital natives" of forced migrants from the analog era that must adapt to the vicissitudes of the World Wide Web to stay alive in today's world increasingly interconnected.