Teens, Technology and CBS

CBS is going to be running a three-day series on Teenagers and Technology – I frankly feel that Buster’s generation came out of the womb hard-wired and ready for interaction with diodes and such – and they’re looking for interested parents who would be willing to participate by submitting questions and concerns to the shows panel of experts, as explained here.

Through the use of multimedia, we will examine how teens are using technology and what that technology is doing to them.

We also want to hear from you — your concerns and questions about teens and their interaction with technology. We’ve lined up some experts to answer your questions and offer some insight into what’s really going on. (You can read more about them below.)

Each day of the series will include several offerings around a central theme. On the first day, we will present an overview on teen habits and explore the high-tech gear they are using. We will show how MySpace and Friendster work, what games teens are playing and how the latest cell-phone features are attracting teen users. We also will release the results of an exclusive CBSNews.com poll on how technology is being used in teens’ daily lives.

On day two, we will examine what technology is doing to teens. The cover story will focus on crime and who’s watching teens while they are online. We will also attempt to get inside the teen brain with features on how technology is affecting their cognitive and social development.

Day three takes a more personal look at teens’ lives. We spent the day with one wired teen and will show how technology has made today’s teens different from those of past generations. We will also provide a demographic portrait of teenage America and explain how the digital divide is affecting teens.

Because I have some of the most thoughtful and on-top of things readers around, and lots of you have teenagers, I think this is a good match for this site. CBS wants your emailed questions no later than June 13, at [email protected]. I might even throw a question out to them, myself…if I can figure out how to do so without sounding like a blithering idjit.