Our generation mainly listens to music through a variety of streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music. These streaming services require smart technology such as tablets and computers. However, the preferred media device for this generation is the smartphone. They offer a user-friendly interface and portability, allowing them to be the preferred music media device for this generation. In contrast, however, between the mid to late 90’s when my parents frequently listened to music, music media devices began to revolutionize. New forms of portable music media devices such as the Sony Walkman were becoming very popular. Although these portable devices were very convenient, they were expensive. Cassettes and radios were also very popular among my parent’s generation. Their easy accessibility led the to become the preferred music media device during their era. Although cassettes are not as popular today, radios are still a popular device in today's world. During the time of my grandparent’s generation (early 1900’s), music technology was in the beginning stages of development, meaning there weren't many options for music media. Gramophones/Vinyl players were the preferred media device during that time period. These …show more content…
Music media devices are much more portable now and can be accessed anywhere at any time. They are user friendly to our generation but older generations are not familiar with this kind of technology. We can use this point to help promote newer technology to older generations by teaching them how to use these devices. This can be done through numerous advertisements/tutorial videos which can be displayed on tv, which older generations tend to use a lot. In addition, senior users can use the feature of portability to help them with their inability to be frequently physically active, which is not provided by older forms of media