Generation Z
Generation Z is one of the names used for the First World or Western generation of people born between the early-1990s to late 2000s.[1][2][3] As this generation is still being born, and is still very young, it is hard to describe its characteristics without speculating. [4] Relatively little is firmly established about its composition, character, and even name.
The early part of the generation, born in the second half of the 1990s, were born during a time of declining birth rates; though the youngest of the generation were born during a baby boomlet linked to the Great Recession of the late 2000s. [5]
Following Generation Y, they are typically the children of the youngest members of the Baby Boom Generation, Generation Jones, Generation X and the oldest Gen Yers; their parents are generally born somewhere between 1960 and around 1990.[citation needed]
Other neologisms describing this group
Due to media attention, a variety of neologisms are used to describe Generation Z including Generation I[citation needed], Generation Next,[1] The Internet Generation[citation needed], Net Generation[citation needed] or iGeneration[citation needed]. Within Strauss and Howe's generational theory they are known as The New Silent Generation.
Observed traits and trends in Generation Z
On the average they are highly connected, many having had lifelong use of communications and media technologies such as the World Wide Web, instant messaging, text messaging, MP3 players, cellular phones and YouTube,[6][7] earning them the nickname "digital natives".[3] Generation Z have grown up in a world with in which single-parent families are commonplace,[citation needed] as well as two-income families.[3][8]
Further reading
- John Palfrey: Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives, Basic Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0465005154
References
- ^ a b Don Tapscott: Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World, McGraw-Hill, 2008, ISBN 978-0071508636, p.15-16 http://books.google.ca/books?id=DWlIY1PxkyYC&lpg=PA16&ots=fLfpQ7dgYd&dq=tapscott%20generation%20z&pg=PA16#v=snippet&q=generation%20next&f=false
- ^ Walliker, Annalise (25 February 2008). "Generation Z comes of age". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c Schmidt, Lucinda (July 15, 2008). "Children of the tech revolution". Sydney Morning Herald.
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- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-16-baby-boomlet_N.htm
- ^ The generation Z connection: teaching information literacy to the newest net generation. Teacher Librarian (February, 2006)
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=EM7xXAx9vcQC&pg=PA14&dq=%22generation+z%22&lr=&sig=ACfU3U3t_wyBuSo2zg814sy-GPDbgOu4mA
- ^ It pays to know your XYZ | Herald Sun