Make up classes: Is there a new generational gap between internet-savvy youth and less savvy older generation?

Make up classes: Is there a new generational gap between internet-savvy youth and less savvy older generation?


I think there is a strong generation gap between the younger generation who are good at using the Internet and the older generation who are not. When I was an elementary school student, I first made a smartphone, and since then I have been interested and used it, and grew up with no difficulty using the Internet and smartphones. Currently, I buy movies on the Internet and enjoy shopping on the Internet. And I also learn leisure activities. Unlike the younger generation, however, older generations were weak and limited on the Internet, and the emergence of the Internet and smart was a big change for them. Adults think that the process of getting used to smartphones and the Internet has been slow unlike the younger generation, which has resulted in a generation gap.
While the younger generation makes and uses abbreviations and newly coined words while the older generation does not know these things well and it takes a long time to accept them. In the end, there is a situation where the younger generation does not understand the words used.
The younger generation is used to the change and can walk in step with it, but the older generation is not. When I go to church, there are many times when grandmothers and grandfathers ask me how to send messages, and there are times when parents ask me about difficulties while using a smartphone. While going through these things, I felt that the older generation was struggling with rapid change and I think that the government, businesses, individuals, etc. should work to address these problems and the generation gap.


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