2018年12月5日星期三

Gen Z and social media


Gen zers are the first generation grow up with internet and social media. By the time they grow up, the youngest one of gen z is already 12-13 years old. Many people are living with the social media as the part of their life. The gen zers are never going to know a world without follows, likes and viewpoints of their own original content. Have communicate with others, no matter the person is friend, family member, idols. They should be as easy as read a post text and give a like. The social media effects gen zers from the price of stuffs to international politics. Integrity
The gen zers keep their social media account online and never goes off. For the older age, they are almost online all day. There are 9 out of 10 teenagers are online many times a day. The gen zers spend more time than any other generations. Some reports show that they can spend more than quarter of a day on their phones. And could be more when they are in vacations or weekends. That looks like they are watch on the phones all day. The percentage of teenagers have a phone or able to access a phone increased. The online activities are being a habits to the gen zers.
After the develop of the apps, everything is a lot easier. Once the gen zers get the smartest phone in hand, like they always do. They can share, favorite, follow. They can keep checking for the healthy food label, the shoes and games on sale. Gen zers like the performance of a visual thing. Compare the pure text to read. They prefer the social media with more photos, and pictures. It can always attract more attention of gen zers. That is so different than the older generations like to read newspapers. The share of a excellent concert, a good vacations by photos or pictures are usually creating a better communication. The favorite social media of teenagers is YouTube.
Gen zers likes to hide themselves when they create an account on social medias. They wanted to keep them away from the surveillance of parents. So the things that parents can find them easily is not much popular as the others. The social media is a place that they can speak out their ideals. It gives the gen zers the ability to changes the society. To grow up with social media is not a bad thing for generation z.

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Strauss, William, and Neil Howe. "Generation Z." (1991). Montana, Patrick J., and Francis Petit. "Motivating Generatio...