The document summarizes the differences in media use between generations in a Chinese family. The grandfather describes growing up in a small town in the 1940s-50s, when people entertained themselves through outdoor movies, games, and public announcements. Television was a luxury. In contrast, his granddaughter's generation is dubbed the "TV generation" and uses computers extensively for school, social media, movies, and communication. While the grandfather has now adopted technologies like smartphones and computers, he still enjoys traditional activities like exercise in the park and reading newspapers with friends. The lifestyles between the generations are very different due to changes in China and the growing role of technology.

1. The Intergenerational Media Use in China Presented by: Yueya Sun Yin Pan A??

3. Past?

4. Recently?

5. Now?

8. I was born in a small town in the southwest of China. People there did not suffer a lot from war. But the war and large population caused hunger and poverty.

9. People eat together & work together

10. School Time “ Sishu” was the popular school. My father hired a private teacher to me and my brothers and sisters at home. We used brush pen to write everything.

11. The most exciting thing to do: watching “outdoor” movies. People would bring their own chairs or they would just sit on the ground. Most of the movies were about wars and opera.

12. Children play war game When we play “War Games” , we used wood guns as weapon, wore grass and tree branch on our heads as cover.

14. We used a big speaker that was hanging on a tall tree to announce everything that was going to happen. An announcer is sitting in the broadcasting room and reading new information.

15. TV was a luxury at Huaquan Sun’s generation

16. This is the TV factory: ChangHong In order to introduce new technologies, I asked people from ChangHong to have a TV show in his town and encouraged people to buy.

17. Lots of people cannot afford a TV, the ChangHong TV factory donated some for the entertainment center of the town. And people came to the entertainment room to watch TV every day We can also read books, newspapers, play Ping Pong in entertainment room.

19. Unlike grandpa, my generation is called a “TV generation”, and we use computers a lot .

20. We also play “war games”, but it’s on computer. We also watch movies, listen to music online…

21. This is where we watch movies. We have lots of options and it’s very comfortable sitting there.

22. Present This was my middle school, see kid at school are having computer class

23. Technology is everywhere in our life.

24. This is the nation widely used online chatting tool QQ , even my dad, my uncles and aunties are all using it.

25. We also use “Xiaonei”----Chinese version of “facebook” to stay in touch with our friends.

26. In office, computers are widely used to record and process data

28. I’m trying to adapt to the technologies now...... sometimes I really had fun with it

29. Present My wife and I are arguing about who should be the first to play computer games.

30. I make phone calls to friends and family on holidays. Sometimes, I make phone calls to ask my grandchildren to spend weekends with me. I also make phone calls to organize trips among my friends.

31. Using this, I can have lots of opportunities to talk with his grandson and granddaughter. They both go to universities that are far away from home.

34. Climbing is my favorite exercise

35. Reading newspapers with friends is another good activity

36. We drink tea in the park and watch opera there

37. I like joining the nature and taking pictures

38. My generation use a lot of technologies in life, but you didn’t use them when you were young. Wow! Grandpa, our lifestyles are so different . Yes, now you know the reasons.