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    Generation Z: What It's Like to Grow up in the Age of Likes, LOLs and Longing
    Generation Z: What It's Like to Grow up in the Age of Likes, LOLs and Longing
    Generation Z: What It's Like to Grow up in the Age of Likes, LOLs and Longing
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    Generation Z: What It's Like to Grow up in the Age of Likes, LOLs and Longing

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    An in-depth profile of the digital native generation from the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper.
     
    For the generation after Millennials, technology has been the only way of life since birth. These children are the first group to have their formative moments chronicled on Facebook, to grow up surrounded by the ubiquity of smartphones, and most important, to navigate a social landscape ruled by the internet. With this lifestyle comes a host of issues that prior generations never dealt with, including cyberbullying, alienation from peers with greater access to technology, and an increasing vulnerability to online sexual predators.
     
    This series of articles from the Washington Post delves into the everyday lives of American kids and teenagers. With its exploration of the unique pressures and complications of living an online life (and most of life online), this collection is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of Generation Z.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateOct 23, 2016
    ISBN9781682308882
    Generation Z: What It's Like to Grow up in the Age of Likes, LOLs and Longing
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    Generation Z - The Washington Post

    Introduction

    The kids of Generation Z are the first true digital natives, the ones who have never known a world without smartphones and tablets and social media. For many of them, their online exposure begins at birth. Their baby photos are posted on Facebook. They learn to swipe at the same time they learn to speak.

    Every generation experiences advances in technology, while the broader society debates the consequences. But researchers have found that the shift experienced by today’s teens is unprecedented. Every facet of their lives — education, friendship, romance, careers — will be shaped by the technology in their hands. We wanted to understand exactly what it means to grow up in this new era — and wanted to understand it through their eyes.

    What does it feel like when your childhood friendships are shaped by Instagram, texting and Snapchat? What does it mean when your first sexual interaction with a crush happens through a phone? What are the consequences when your homework assignments are online, but you don’t have WiFi or a computer at home? And how will these kids — whose formative years are so different from the generations before them — transform our society?

    So we started talking to tweens and teens — a lot of them. We found the childhoods they described seemed entirely different than our own:

    We haven’t really existed in a world where social media isn’t a thing.

    I first got my phone when I was in fifth grade, for Christmas.

    You really have to be careful what you say, because screenshots — screenshots are the worst thing.

    My parents are always telling me to put my phone down.

    Instagram makes you think about followers, whether you’re popular. It’s for comparing people’s lives.

    I don’t like Facebook. I’m afraid that my mom’s friends would friend request me.

    At the end of sixth grade, I just stopped doing everything I normally did. Playing games at recess, playing with toys, all of it, done.

    We hope these stories illuminate what it’s like to be a kid in 2016. Whether you are one, know one, or want to raise one, the members of this generation will come to shape the world.

    By Jessica Contrera and Caitlin Gibson

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    13, right now

    This is what it's like to grow up in the age of likes, lols and longing

    Story by Jessica Contrera

    Photos by Victoria Milko

    She slides into the car, and even before she buckles her seat belt, her phone is alight in her hands. A 13-year-old girl after a day of eighth grade.

    She says hello. Her au pair asks, Ready to go?

    She doesn’t respond, her thumb on Instagram. A Barbara Walters meme is on the screen. She scrolls, and another meme appears. Then another meme, and she closes the app. She opens BuzzFeed. There’s a story about Florida Gov. Rick Scott, which she scrolls past to get to a story about Janet Jackson, then 28 Things You’ll Understand If You’re Both British and American. She closes it. She opens Instagram. She opens the NBA app. She shuts the screen off. She turns it back on. She opens Spotify. Opens Fitbit. She has 7,427 steps. Opens Instagram again. Opens Snapchat. She watches a sparkly rainbow flow from her friend’s mouth. She watches a YouTube star make pouty faces at the camera. She watches a tutorial on nail art. She feels the bump of the driveway and looks up. They’re home. Twelve minutes have passed.

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    Katherine Pommerening in the front seat of her family’s station wagon. Katherine was born in 2002, meaning she is a member of what’s being called Generation Z.

    Katherine Pommerening’s iPhone is the place where all of her

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