Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives is a book by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser exploring the consequences of the wide availability of internet connectivity to the first generation of people born to it, whom Palfrey and Gasser refer to as "digital natives".

Issues addressed include shifts in the concept of identity, privacy, content creation, activism, and music piracy.

Born Digital has been called "a landmark sociological study of today's early adults.

[4][5] Two reviews in the British press (The Guardian and The Independent) have also compared the book with Nicholas Carr's The Shallows.

It’s a great primer for any parent who wants a thoughtful look at just what lies ahead for any kid with a smartphone in their back pocket.