By Date

Volunteering

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Young adults see volunteering as the best way to better the world; they readily donate both their time and money and expect brands to do the same.

Involvement In Social Causes

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Young people get involved in social causes because they care, and they believe true involvement requires sacrifice and action.

Young People And Social Causes

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Young adults strive to learn about and support social causes, and they direct their efforts toward key issues to have a global impact.

Political Preferences

WINTER / SPRING 2016

There are no clear cut political preferences for today’s youth who tend to identify as ‘moderate.’

Political Information Sources

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Although they use a variety of news sources to get political information, young adults wish they were more knowledgeable about politics.

Young People And Politics

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Young adults are only moderately interested in politics and few are actively involved in this arena, distrusting both the political system and politicians themselves.

Liberals vs. Conservatives: CHAID

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Fear

WINTER / SPRING 2016

While aware of the dangers of the world, young adults are not letting these fears hold them back from living their lives.

Trust

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Trust is important to today’s youth, but few have trust in politicians or the media, and many even doubt non-profit organizations. 

State Of The Union

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Young adults have a relatively bleak outlook on the world’s future, but they are trying to maintain their optimistic outlook and proactively seek to improve the situation.

Sense In Sensitivity

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Lessons for brands on how to respond in times of tragedy.

Buy Not

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Mounting self-awareness of materialism is giving rise to an anti-consumerism movement.

Demo Real

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Young people are adding in-person protesting to their activist repertoire as a social and engaging way to further their digital efforts.

Good Vibes

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Youth regard kindness and compassion as social causes and want brands to advocate for such just as they do themselves.

CHANGEables

WINTER / SPRING 2016

The popularity of causes can rise and fall, and as young people shift their attention from one to another, they rarely see the results of their efforts.

Clear Consciousness

WINTER / SPRING 2016

Young people’s desire for social consciousness from companies is expanding to include a more pressing desire for corporate transparency and innovation.

Love Brands and Marketing

FALL / WINTER 2015

Brands have an opportunity to play a larger role in romance, both in their depiction of it and in their involvement in young people's lives.

Love Social Norms

FALL / WINTER 2015

While young people are progressive in their views of who they should and shouldn't date or marry, they still prefer to adhere to a traditional path of dating, marrying, and having children.

Love Sex

FALL / WINTER 2015

Current youth are fairly traditional when it comes to their views on sex, both in and out of relationships.

Love Relationships

FALL / WINTER 2015

Relationships are highly important to young people; they celebrate their love and strive to make it last.

Love Dating

FALL / WINTER 2015

Young people are romantics at heart and believe, contrary to media reports, that dating as more about getting to know people than it is about sex.

Love Landscape

FALL / WINTER 2015

Global youth are largely hopeful about love and romance, and they are willing to put in effort to find relationships and make them work.

The One

FALL / WINTER 2015

To get consumers to fall in love with a brand and stay committed, marketers should take an approach similar to that one would take with a romantic partner.

Show Me Love

FALL / WINTER 2015

Young people are prioritizing their relationships with themselves and expect brands to reflect this as an essential form of love.