Tushar Vyas, from mOne-Group M: “Traditionally, media enthralled people. Today it doesn’t happen – customers are multitasking and fragmented. Today’s customer wants to gain perspective, personalise the experience, get involved and participate. Digital allows this to happen.”
Quoted by Dina Mehta at Digital Summit 2006 – Integrating Online into the Traditional Media Mix panel.
Where enthrall = To hold spellbound; captivate; to hold your full attention
I would consider myself enthralled by the Web, but then I’m a bit odd that way 🙂 Normal people use a variety of media – tv, iPods, Xbox, mobile phones, IM, email, etc. Especially Generation Y, those born between 1977 and 1994, who are known to multi-task on all these things and more.
Dina also covered a session called Why search is Hot, Impact of the Echo Generation (Gen Y is also known as Echo Generation). She noted:
“The American teenager is online too, but they are also simultaneously listening to music, reading, chatting on the phone, watching TV – so implications on how to market to those who multi-task. Also, this generation
Two-three broad trends — looking for affinitiy groups, collective mindset, mass customizaton and expression. They are also highly networked – it is reflected in why people use networking groups, communities, blogs. They are also interconnected, and therefore influenced by what happens within these communities.”
So even though there may be a lack of focus in Gen Y, little to enthrall them, there are a lot of digital, social and creative things that interest them – and opportunities for Internet media to serve that need.
Originally published on ReadWriteWeb (archived copy)