We Are… The Millennial Generation

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We Are… The Millennial

GenerationBy: Andrew Irick

Bill KingJenna Magistro

Joe SwainRyan Sellman

Overview

1980’s – 1990’s

Greatly influenced by technology and celebrities

“Generation Y” or “The Good News Generation”

Went through many hard times

Created our own slang

Traits Of The Millennial Generation

Open to change/willing to go against the grain Liberal Non-religious

Confident Over-achieving “Special”

Our parents raised us to believe this.

How Do We See Ourselves

Able to change the world Raised to believe in ourselves See change as a worth

working for Always capable of rising to the

occasion Pushed to take on extra

responsibility and workload

Happy Good self image

Unique Language Patterns

Slang version of English Short hand writing

Ex.) BRB, LOL

Brought upon by technology Texting AIM Twitter Facebook

People Of The Millennial Generation

Anyone who is involved with technology is involved in the millennial generation Steve Jobs Bill Gates Mark Zuckerberg

Celebrities

A Unique History

9-11: a day that will forever be in our minds

Recession: the panic for jobs

War In Iraq: the result of 9-11 has stuck with us and has caused devastation to our generation.

Arts & Entertainment Technology Change

Harry Potter

Video games

TV- nickelodeon

Boy Bands To Rappers

Pop to Rap

Starts with boy bands

Pixar and Disney

People Of Faith

Roughly 25% of Millennials do not belong to a specific religion.

People will have their own morals.

We do not have people sway us in our moral obligations.

“The Good News Generation”

We strive for excellence

Most are not content with good enough

If we do not reach our goal, we do not stop

And So Forth…

TV was an important part of our growing up Learned many lessons

from TV shows such as Full House, Saved by the Bell, and Boy Meets World

entertained us and taught us morals

Works Cited

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