While often lumped together with millennials (as defined by Straus and Howe), the developmental phase of social interaction, which involved information technology's burgeoning impact on society, was overlooked. As information technology and Internet connectivity may have easily established a cohort of sorts among Internet users, Generation Y represented the crossroads between millennials who were well immersed in computer technology even as far as experiencing an institutionalization of computer education in academic curricula and Generation X members who were heavily immersed in broadcast media's influence and yet largely uninitiated in computer technology. Generation Y represents the link between the non-digital age society shaped by Generation X, as adolescents (MTV Generation), and the dawn of the Internet age that saw the transitioning of society to easily accessible online communities (Bulletin board system, MIRC, Yahoo! Groups, Internet forum) especially during the introduction of dial-up Internet access to households.
Generation Y entangled pop culture and digital community-building through bulletin board systems, online forums, website mailing groups, mIRC, ICQ, and other electronic modes of communication (which could be considered the predecessors to social media) into the digital age of today; even as most Generation X members lacked the responsiveness or the interest to immediately adopt the connective facilities offered by the Internet.
Generation Y entangled pop culture and digital community-building through bulletin board systems, online forums, website mailing groups, mIRC, ICQ, and other electronic modes of communication (which could be considered the predecessors to social media) into the digital age of today; even as most Generation X members lacked the responsiveness or the interest to immediately adopt the connective facilities offered by the Internet.
by CommandereON January 12, 2018
People that are born from 1976-1990... basically the people that are addicted to these American Idol type shows and hates Hannah Montana.
by Lil Duff 2008 June 17, 2008
As Generation Y kids were introduced to the World Wide Web through basic dial-up Internet, so did the shaping of their lifestyles and approach to socialization. These were significantly influenced by online connectivity's relatively primitive Etiquette in technology and the inevitable results of self-discovery by the users who were interacting online. These formative years of Internet technology was coincidentally the formative years of Generation Y members. Online etiquette and protocols of social and legal interaction were yet to be fully established and formalized and it was during this period that much of the landscape of the Internet was influenced and shaped by how Generation Y used the Internet as a platform for communication.
Information accessibility for Generation Y, in the 90's, was largely based on the use of the physical library for books, archives, and offline databases. This involved the handling of voluminous documents and paperwork (from general encyclopedias to special book collections), a legacy of the tedious academic process passed on by past generations. As the use of the Internet garnered momentum among the young Generation Y members, the increasing use of online groups, forums; bulletin boards facilitated the exchange of more information and expanded the interactivity of so many of the young users in the community. The frequency of interaction ultimately led to the integration of media content and popular topics of discussion - Internet pop culture
Information accessibility for Generation Y, in the 90's, was largely based on the use of the physical library for books, archives, and offline databases. This involved the handling of voluminous documents and paperwork (from general encyclopedias to special book collections), a legacy of the tedious academic process passed on by past generations. As the use of the Internet garnered momentum among the young Generation Y members, the increasing use of online groups, forums; bulletin boards facilitated the exchange of more information and expanded the interactivity of so many of the young users in the community. The frequency of interaction ultimately led to the integration of media content and popular topics of discussion - Internet pop culture
I loved fiddling around MSDOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows 98 as a kid. I'm Generation Y. Millennials can't be lumped together.
by CommandereON January 10, 2018