Plugged In, but Tuned Out: Getting Kids To Connect to the Non-Virtual World.

Reports on the technology-focused lifestyle in the United States. Idea that people have adopted electronic devices such as cellphones that let them tune out the traditional house phone; Children being "the connected generation", with their iPods and use of online instant messaging; Examples of intergenerational tension caused by technology that isolates youth in their own closed society; Concern of baby boomers about the younger generation's lack of awareness when it comes to current events; Advice for bringing "techno kids" into the wider world.