16Apr 2012 by Rita

The Next Generation

Culture
Those born between the early 1990’s and the early 2000’s have a common name and common thread, the Internet. Generation Z also known as Generation Net have become the most recent generation. The earliest birth year for a Gen Z is commonly agreed at 1991. These people were born at the dawn of the World Wide Web. More generally, some of the oldest members of this generation were born at the end of the “Echo Boom” or the Gen Y group. The youngest babies are generally believed to be a baby “boom let” which occurred around the time of the financial money crisis in the 2000’s ending in 2010. The next generation is yet unnamed. The parents of the Gen Net group are typically Gen X, or late boomers and…
Read More
28Feb 2012 by Rita

The InterNet Generation

Culture
The Generation between 18 and 34 are inclusive of the Generation Y group. This younger Y Group has been referred to as the entitlement generation as they have a sense of entitlement to anything that is technology related. This means entitled to any new upgrade, product, tool, communication devices. The “Net Generation” is overwhelmingly deserving of another term, the C Generation for the Connection Generation since they are constantly connected. This group accounts for 23% of the U.S. population but accounts for 39% of smartphone users. Again, this is the Y Generation and or Net Generation. Generation X who are between 35 and 49 years span outnumber the population by a few percentage points as they come in at 27% of the U.S. population. This generation uses their social networks…
Read More