Overboredom Jun 19, 2017 career gen z media & entertainment relationships social media ... Young & The Restless). My generation does have a short attention span, so for me if I wanted to look at an ad it would have to be something that relates to me or makes me laugh. Something funny, eye-catching, and a bit different. We are so bombarded by adverts online that very few ads grab my attention.LUENA, 18, UKWhen they’re not using social media to connect with friends, they’re using it as a source of entertainment in the more traditional sense. Nearly half of Zs in the U.S. and 43 ...
StoryTales Aug 15, 2013 ... how stories are created, told, and consumed. Blogs, tweets, photos, videos, status updates, and even hashtags have emerged as storytelling tools. New online platforms created specifically for storytelling, such as Storify and Thumbscribes, allow would-be authors to write stories via their computers, cell phones, IM, and Twitter, and even pull from preexisting social media content. Gaming, too, has emerged as a way to craft a manuscript; the alternative reality game The Black Helix is crowdsourcing ...
No New Friends Dec 09, 2017 social life friends ... with similar interests don’t have the built-in social network provided by a workplace with such people. Fortunately the scope of networking is growing, and people are combining the process of making professional and personal connections, which will provide more possibilities to make friends (see [Net]Work Hard, Play Hard).Although online dating has seen overwhelming success in recent years, apps for forming friendships have not experienced such popularity. Only 18% of UK youth and 17% in the U.S ...
Fair Game Mar 16, 2017 career gender media & entertainment equality sports ... the industry. Just Not Sports started the #MoreThanMean campaign with a video of real men reading derogatory comments made by other men on the internet toward sports reporters Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro. The comments attacking the women are full of hate, violence, and sexual aggression, and though the men participating in the video are horrified, Spain and DiCaro say it’s not abnormal for them to receive such negative feedback online, simply because their jobs as sports experts put them in ...
Food Fixation Mar 11, 2015 food & beverage gen z health & wellness cooking diet ... Zs are the most food-focused cohort in history, a trait that’s helping shape their identities, but also hurting them in the physical sense. Ys have been labeled as a generation of “foodies,” but Gen Z is poised to surpass them as the most culinary-minded cohort. Food currently ranks seventh on their list of obsessions, surpassing even music and sports. Whereas Ys tend to use gastronomy as a tool for storytelling or global exploration (see Cultural Diplomats), Zs’ relationship with food is more ...
Obstruction Of Injustice Mar 07, 2016 activism internet of things politics ... people they only know in the online realm. They are distressed by the hatred they see from others, particularly as spreading kindness has become a personal mission for many (see Good Vibes). As a result, they are seeking Obstruction Of Injustice to censor such offensive language from their feeds with the hope that it will help scrub it from their real lives as well.I strongly feel that companies and brands have an incredible responsibility to help eliminate hate speech and harassment from ...
Z Marketing Tips Mar 18, 2015 gen z marketing ... . Having grown up online, they’ve always had an outlet to express themselves and infinite inspiration from friends and strangers alike. Their digital lives have also challenged them to be the most artistic, clever, and imaginative version of themselves in order to stand out in the real-time stream. Marketers need to recognize that creativity is a badge of honor for this generation; help Zs unleash it by asking them to contribute ideas and designs. They also want brands to help them find new ways to be ...
Social (TV) Network Dec 10, 2016 media & entertainment social media TV ... space for their audience, as was the case with The Mindy Project when it aired on Fox. Hulu gave it a second chance based on the popularity of the show during time-shifted viewing online, but this content could have also been taken to Facebook, for instance, as a delivery platform that better serves its audience. This suggests that if entertainment doesn’t work on TV or in theaters, it doesn’t mean it’s not good content that won’t resonate with youth, but rather, it may not have had the right ...
The Comment Box Dec 09, 2013 communication media & entertainment anonymous ... Comment boxes are beginning to vanish on websites as they have evolved from a means to communicate one's ideas to a mechanism for bullying and ranting.Comment sections are a relic of the pre-social media Web. For early waves of online publishers, providing a space for reader comments was the primary way to encourage interactive conversation on-site. Today’s users have a much wider range of options for engaging meaningfully and voicing their opinions; most are inclined to share their “comment ...
The Protest Selfie Sep 17, 2014 global activism mobile politics ... Young digital activists are sharing photos of themselves to make political and social statements that can easily spread globally. Today’s youth have an unprecedented sense of sociopolitical consciousness and civic duty. Armed with mobile tools and digital platforms, GYs are actively speaking to world issues in their ongoing effort to effect global change. Whether through armchair activism, like signing Change.org petitions, or propagating social movements online, like Occupy or Arab Spring ...
