Professor: Digital Culture Responsible for ‘Dumbest Generation’

RALEIGH — A digital culture saturated with blogs, text messaging, and iPods is to blame for the stunted intellectual development of teenagers and college students, an Emory University English professor says. Mark Bauerlein, author of the book The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30), spoke Nov. 19 at the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill.