Gen Z, explained : the art of living in a digital age / Roberta Katz, Sarah Ogilvie, Jane Shaw, & Linda Woodhead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Roberta R., author.

Ogilvie, Sarah, author.

Shaw, Jane, 1963- author.

Woodhead, Linda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

Generation Z.

Social values.

Technology and youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.

Summary:

An optimistic and nuanced portrait of a generation that has much to teach us about how to live and collaborate in our digital world. Born since the mid-1990s, members of Generation Z comprise the first generation never to know the world without the internet, and the most diverse generation yet. As Gen Z starts to emerge into adulthood and enter the workforce, what do we really know about them? And what can we learn from them? Gen Z, Explained is the authoritative portrait of this significant generation. It draws on extensive interviews that display this generation’s candor, surveys that explore their views and attitudes, and a vast database of their astonishingly inventive lexicon to build a comprehensive picture of their values, daily lives, and outlook. Gen Z emerges here as an extraordinarily thoughtful, promising, and perceptive generation that is sounding a warning to their elders about the world around them—a warning of a complexity and depth the “OK Boomer” phenomenon can only suggest. ​ Much of the existing literature about Gen Z has been highly judgmental. In contrast, this book provides a deep and nuanced understanding of a generation facing a future of enormous challenges, from climate change to civil unrest. What’s more, they are facing this future head-on, relying on themselves and their peers to work collaboratively to solve these problems. As Gen Z, Explained shows, this group of young people is as compassionate and imaginative as any that has come before, and understanding the way they tackle problems may enable us to envision new kinds of solutions. This portrait of Gen Z is ultimately an optimistic one, suggesting they have something to teach all of us about how to live and thrive in this digital world.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

1. Technology Shapes Postmillennial Life

2. Fine-Grained Identity

3. Being Authentic

4. Finding My Fam

5. OK Boomer

6. The Difficulty of Being a Gen Zer

7. Conclusion: The Art of Living in a Digital Age

Acknowledgments

Methodological Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780226814988

022681498X

OCLC:

1265462226