ISBN:
9780226814988
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (275 pages)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Katz, Roberta Gen Z, explained
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Katz, Roberta Gen Z, explained
DDC:
305.242
Keywords:
Social change
;
Generation Z
;
Generation Z
;
Generation Z Attitudes
;
Social change
;
Social values
;
Technology and youth
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Technology Shapes Postmillennial Life -- 2. Fine-Grained Identity -- 3. Being Authentic -- 4. Finding My Fam -- 5. OK Boomer -- 6. The Difficulty of Being a Gen Zer -- 7. Conclusion: The Art of Living in a Digital Age -- Acknowledgments -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
"Our newest generation, Generation Z, or Zoomers, are coming of age in a world rife with amazing new opportunities and unprecedented challenges. Born around the time the World Wide Web made its public debut in 1995, they are "digital natives," the first generation never to know the world without the Internet. They have grown up alongside powerful global networks that offer endless information and connectivity. They have also had the clear realization that their elders know no better than they do how to navigate ongoing crises; that they and their planet have been badly betrayed by decisions which preceded them. In Gen Z, Explained, a team of social scientists set out to take a comprehensive look at this generation, drawing on wide and lively interviews, surveys, and comprehensive linguistic analysis (deploying the authors' proprietary iGen Corpus, a 70-million word collection of Gen-Z-specific English language scraped from social media, time-aligned video transcriptions, and memes). It paints a portrait of an extraordinarily challenged, thoughtful, and promising generation--while sounding a warning to their elders. The authors show that despite all the seemingly insurmountable difficulties they face, this generation continues to be idealistic about the future and highly motivated to make change"--
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