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Future Of Healthcare & Medicine

... care service allows them more liberty to select a doctor and an experience that works for them, and provides more transparency than most complicated healthcare insurance providers. From a doctor’s perspective, a direct primary care practice gives them more time to spend with patients, humanizing the entire process, which is a quality that youth desire in today’s tech-centric world (see Digital Wellbeing Movement). Many of these services use apps to connect with patients, which also helps them feel ...

The (DIS)Connect

... a chance and getting to know them. They feel they can learn enough about a person during a quick scan of his or her social feeds to decide whether it’s worth spending more time with them. Further, to facilitate this, many dating apps allow users to integrate their Facebook or Instagram accounts to make such sleuthing seamless. It takes significant self-restraint for young people not to do a thorough search of social media, and the web in general, when they meet someone they find intriguing ...

Overboredom

... largely passive, meaning less effort than ever is required to be entertained. Even if Zs find themselves without WiFi to view streaming entertainment, they still have series, games, and apps downloaded on their devices (or a friend or family member’s device) to help them fill the time. I only look at an ad when I find it interesting, like a new video game trailer or a movie trailer. My generation has higher expectations for entertainment.BRYON, 15, UKWe have short attention spans for sure. If we ...

First Glocals

... arranged marriages in India has been modified to fit modern times. Singles today can create profiles on dating sites such as indiamatrimony.com, shaadi.com, and punjabimatrimony.com and respond to prospective partners, with or without the help of their parents.UmrahSalam and HajjSalam are apps for major Islamic pilgrimages. Blending religious information (timelines, prayers) with practical advice (how much money to bring, locations of local landmarks), the apps are comprehensive guides for spiritual ...

Have Guidance, Will Travel

... me money. There are a lot of apps and websites to help you too. They are so useful and they really help you when in a rut.ANTHONY, 22, OHModern youth are used to instant gratification (e.g., making purchases online, streaming movies and TV shows, ordering food delivery directly to their door), but having so many options at one’s fingertips has its drawbacks, too. Young consumers are experiencing choice overload, and they’re seeking help from brands in the decision-making process (see Cease ...

eLationships

... often more intimate than those offered by real-life friends but is also being seen increasingly as an invitation to share with that person’s other followers; in fact, the comments on any highly personal blog post penned by a popular blogger are always filled equally with both “me too” stories and notes of empathy. There’s a sense that the more people building online relationships there are, the more high quality products and services, and even a better world, there will be. Crowdsourcing apps like ...

Pop In

... South Korea (79%), which is fitting given how Asian countries tend to lead the way with immersive digital apps, especially those that allow one to display their image (for instance, Musical.ly was created in China and became a hit across the globe). Meanwhile, consider how young consumers have a propensity to put their creative lens on content and remix it, whether changing up the sound of a song or reimagining the ending of a show. They're also looking to determine what content is distributed, and ...

Fauxsumerism

... consumerism isn’t just about consuming; rather, it’s about the experience of and interaction with products. Gens Y and Z shop without feeling any need or compulsion to buy. Browsing (both online and off), trying and testing, pinning, wishlisting, and happening upon covetable products are enjoyable acts in and of themselves—they don’t require the “validation” of a purchase. In this sense, e-commerce has become its own form of entertainment. Browsing products on favorite sites and apps, discovery platforms ...

Relationship Goals

... change with each new partner. How one defines a relationship is fluid today, as the word "relationship" itself can refer to a committed partnership just as much as it can an open relationship or a series of sporadic hookups. Increasingly, relationships can be purely physical given the rise of location-based apps that allow users to find someone to sleep with on-demand. Conversely, it’s easier than ever for relationships to be strictly emotional, especially as technology enables people to forge deep ...

Fanning Out

... sporting event via VR, and Trendsetters even more so (64% and 69%, respectively). Some major networks are catching on. As reported in TechCrunch, the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games kicked off with the promise of solid VR coverage by broadcasting networks such as NBC and the BBC—a first in Olympics broadcasting—viewable with VR headsets through their respective apps. Others are starting to take note as well (see examples). VR is enticing young consumers away from traditional viewing ...