Statistics Canada has noted that the cohort is sometimes referred to as the "Internet Generation", as it is the first generation to have been born after the popularization of the Internet. In Japan, the cohort is described as "Neo-Digital Natives", a step beyond the previous cohort described as "Digital Natives". Digital Natives primarily communicate by text or voice, while neo-digital natives use video, video-telephony, and movies. This emphasizes the shift from PC to mobile and text to video among the neo-digital population.