Today's Student: Descriptor #4

4. They are mediavores.

These students are addicted to media. It’s not uncommon for them to do homework, listen to a CD, watch TV, and interact on-line simultaneously. They give new meaning to multi-tasking. They can handle fast—paced images in commercials and they love the rush of high speed internet searches, text messaging their buddy or locating friends on MySpace or FaceBook. No doubt, there is a danger to their familiarity with technology. One evangelical university I recently visited reported that 60% of their male students were watching pornography on the internet. And an equal amount of women were participating in chat rooms, which can be just as harmful. Technology is a mixed blessing, but they are addicted to it.