Interview Responses

Dan Ritchie
26
Graduated in Business
1. Near Pittsburgh
2. Mother, father, brother
3. Yes
4. Mom—Music, Computers, IT, and Math. Dad—unknown
5. Early Elementary
6. 14—heavy graphics
7. He uses it for research at work, to make money at home->car communities, car parts, car sales; share knowledge; Craigslist; Professional profile
8. Definitely, when he started using it, it was a lot of aol chat and messenger. That was one of the only communities back in ’94. So back then he used it for socializing, now he uses it to his advantage—learning and business.
9. Both parents supported computers fully—his mom was great with them and his dad didn’t use them, but supported them.
10. His mom’s love for the computer probably influenced him to get a programming job, since he has never even done it. Her love for it probably rubs off on him a little.
11. No, their attitudes haven’t changed.

Stephanie Sadler
22
Graduated—International Studies
1. Hawaii, Santa Fe, England
2. Mother, Father, tons of siblings
3. Both Graduated
4. Mom—Animal Medicine and Accounting; Dad—Accounting
5. 8 years old—Minesweeper, games, paint, Word
6. 11—games, IM, chat, Word, Excel
7. Email, TextTwist (game), Online banking
8. Her use has always changed to her needs—if she traveled for a year, she used it for communication, now she uses it to bank, other times for school. She just doesn’t use it for much more than she needs.
9. Dad loves computers and tries to keep up; Mom thinks they’re only useful for banking. They thought computer use was good and didn’t restrict it.
10. The lack of restrictions allowed her to learn as much as she wanted.
11. Their attitudes as accountants have changed dramatically because 15 years ago, everything was paper and pencil and now it’s all computers, but they’ve always supported their children’s use of the internet, but have more of an indifferent attitude.

Mike Sasser
21
Digital Media Studies
1. Galveston, TX
2. Mother, father, brother, sister
3. Mom went
4. PHD in Biochemistry
5. 7 years old—Prince of Persia
6. 5^th or 6^th grade playing games like Carmen San Diego and MathBlaster
7. Facebook; social networks; email; YouTube—learning photography; research; shopping; music; instant messaging
8. A little bit, he switches through social networks, and at first he was only using it for games, now for more practical stuff.
9. Dad is a little scared of ID theft, but loves computers and is amazed at their capabilities and Mom hates talking online, but both support his computer use. When he was younger, he could do stuff on the computer 1 hour for every hour of reading or HW he did.
10. He was able to learn as much as possible with their support
11. Their attitudes are still the same.

Nick Hughes
21
Accounting
1. Colorado Springs
2. Mother, father, brother
3. Yes
4. Mom—Education, Dad—Unknown
5. Early Elementary School—playing games like pinball on his Dad’s computer.
6. Junior High—doing school work
7. Research, Facebook, email, instant messenger
8. Yes, before he tended to do a lot of chatting and playing games and now he uses it for work and networking.
9. He was allowed to use the computer as much as he needed for school, but wasn’t allowed to use it for other things, i.e. chat, games, etc.
10. He wasn’t able to do much online, but that doesn’t affect him now, and he was pretty impartial to it then.
11. Today, they think the same things and have the same rules for his little brother, but don’t care what he does.