Parenting Out Loud Jun 08, 2016 family parenting children dads moms social media ... decisions and experiences and are highly exposed to those of other parents, too. As a generation accustomed to sharing their everyday lives online with their vast networks and even strangers, it’s only fitting that they’ve put parenting in the public realm and made it part of the social discourse. To wit, about 40% of young parents in the U.S. and 37% in the UK say that parenting has become a more public activity than it was for previous generations."I think that our generation is less likely to ...
The Gender Landscape Aug 29, 2013 ... Givenchy. Even the ongoing facial hair trend is an experiment in gender claiming (and not an insignificant one: There’s been a 10% drop in razor sales in the past year alone). For both sexes, a return to gender archetypes can be both a comfort and a source of identity in a society where gender has all but ceased to matter. The neutrality and equality of the current landscape has inspired these individuals to claim solidarity with their gender as a way of differentiating themselves and building ...
Realistic Optimism Feb 27, 2016 social consciousness activism causes and issues corporate responsibility politics ... Youth have a bleak outlook about the direction of the world, but their characteristic optimism is driving them to reconcile such negativity through new approaches to societal betterment.While the youth population is divided across political values, a unifying sentiment clearly emerged throughout the research conducted for this report: these are dark days. While they have adjusted in the aftermath of numerous tragedies and economic hardships throughout their lives (namely, 9/11 and a historic ...
The Privacy Premium Dec 11, 2014 technology anonymous privacy security social media ... ensuring online privacy.” Easily finding a private corner of the web has become somewhat of a rarity, between apps that require a Facebook login and search engines that track users’ activity. In fact, 54% of 14- to 34-year-olds surveyed agree that “privacy is hard to attain online.” So elusive has privacy become that some are contending that it is “the new luxury.” Reporter Julia Agwin, who also authored the book Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless ...
All The Feels Jun 22, 2017 gen z social life friends social media ... -led lives has made Zs more attuned in some circumstances to picking up human emotions because they grow up learning how to do so through 140 characters in a tweet, 10 seconds of a snap, and a heavily filtered Instagram photo. Rather than desensitizing them, such online communications may actually be making them hyper aware of the feelings of the people around them. Unlike Ys who grew up socializing mostly in-person, such as in their neighborhood or at the mall, Zs get to know their friends better ...
Gaming The System Jun 17, 2017 gaming gen z eSports ... , 17, U.S.Perhaps counterintuitively, Zs are also leveraging gaming as a way to transition between the online world where they spend so much time and the offline world of real life. As digital natives rather than digital adopters, Zs are learning at a young age about issues that can develop from spending too much time online, whereas Ys had to learn this lesson the hard way by making such mistakes themselves. The current iteration of video games, powered with VR and AR, gives them the best of both ...
Ethical Click Dec 10, 2014 social consciousness household responsibilities privacy security social media ... role in spreading the private photos online started to feel real guilt and shame about looking at and sharing the photos. As a 16-year-old girl from California told us, “My online tendencies have altered immensely in light of these recent scandals. Specifically speaking about the celebrity photo leaks, my morals in choosing not to view such images has really grown. Putting myself in the shoes of those women and men affected, I actively make the decision to avoid looking…because by viewing these ...
eLationships Dec 05, 2014 relationships social life social media Digital Intimacy eLationships ... users are exhibiting a burgeoning sense of digital intimacy in which they are getting to know relative strangers on an emotional level that is often more profound than that of their real-life acquaintances. Given Ys’ inherently social nature and penchant for garnering unusual experiences and knowledge, it follows then that this shift is happening. In fact, 24% of Cassandra Report respondents said that they “feel close to people [they’ve] met online even though [they] haven’t met them in person ...
Free For All Sep 19, 2019 ... around. For this cohort, being perceived as unproductive or lazy is not an option, and are in fact sentiments they resent. To increase their productivity potential, Ys have blended their work and personal lives, making them more likely to dip in and out of personal life and work responsibilities. But because their workdays are less rigid, it’s normal for them to break up their days with short breaks or leave work early to meet friends for a drink or make an exercise class and then hop back online ...
Dollars And Sense Sep 07, 2015 money banking debt finance saving ... their unique position, both in life and in history. Financial services need to approach today’s (and tomorrow’s) young adults through not only the lens of youth but also that of their respective generations in order to reach them in resonant ways. For instance, not all 28-year-olds are saving up to buy a house; instead, they may be saving up to quit a job and travel the world. On top of this, they are highly aware of their longevity; with the prospect of living into their 90s, they need to be ...
