| Variant title |
Generation Z, explained |
| Contents |
Technology shapes postmillennial life -- Fine-grained identity -- Being authentic -- Finding my fam -- OK Boomer -- The difficulty of being a Gen Zer -- Conclusion : the art of living in a digital age. |
| Abstract |
"Our newest generation, Generation Z, or Zoomers, are coming of age in a world rife with amazing new opportunities and unprecedented challenges. Born around the time the World Wide Web made its public debut in 1995, they are "digital natives," the first generation never to know the world without the Internet. They have grown up alongside powerful global networks that offer endless information and connectivity. They have also had the clear realization that their elders know no better than they do how to navigate ongoing crises; that they and their planet have been badly betrayed by decisions which preceded them. In Gen Z, Explained, a team of social scientists set out to take a comprehensive look at this generation, drawing on wide and lively interviews, surveys, and comprehensive linguistic analysis (deploying the authors' proprietary iGen Corpus, a 70-million word collection of Gen-Z-specific English language scraped from social media, time-aligned video transcriptions, and memes). It paints a portrait of an extraordinarily challenged, thoughtful, and promising generation--while sounding a warning to their elders. The authors show that despite all the seemingly insurmountable difficulties they face, this generation continues to be idealistic about the future and highly motivated to make change"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | Roberta Katz is an anthropologist at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University. Sarah Ogilvie is a linguist at the University of Oxford. Jane Shaw is a historian at the University of Oxford. Linda Woodhead is a sociologist at Lancaster University. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 26, 2022). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Katz, Roberta R. Gen Z, explained. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2021 9780226791531 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780226814988 electronic book |
| ISBN | 022681498X electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| Stock number | 9780226814988 BiblioVault |
| Stock number | BA6C5EB0-0062-40A1-A1F0-BE1FF3B34870 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
