ABSTRACT
The digital era has brought about many changes in the way we live, some of which have probably not been completely understood yet. It may be that, for the first time, the younger generations are more expert than those that have preceded them. The metaphor of digital natives consigns adults to the position of ‘immigrants’ in a foreign land (the digital world), and produces a real confusion of tongues. This rift between the generations may result in different outcomes: on the one hand, it may generate a fearful reaction which stigmatises certain increasingly pervasive phenomena, on the other, one may observe a complete denial of this generational gap, tending to support the illusion of being able to nullify any differences.
