Generation Y, that is, millennials, generally refers to people born in the 1960s and 1970s, also known as millennials, which is what American culture is used to call a specific generation.
A generation is a group of people born in a certain period. They have some characteristics of this generation, similar to what we often say about the post-80 s and post-90 s.
I am honored that I should belong to this generation Y, which has some characteristics, that is, with the rapid development of the Internet, they have their own personality characteristics and handling characteristics.
Generation Y is recognized as the last generation of Americans in the 20th century, which is divided into narrow sense and broad sense. Anyway, it is considered to be a teenager around 2000. This generation has no clear end point, which is somewhat controversial.
Speaking of Generation Y, I can't help wondering if there is Generation X, and there is. Let's have a look.
Generation X is a popular life form term after 199 1 year. The promoter may be Douglas Clamp, who became popular because of the novel Generation X: The Story of Fast Culture. In the novel, Clamp defines the generation born between 1950 and 1960 as
The above is what Baidu Encyclopedia said, but there is another explanation after reading Wikipedia, that is, people born in 1965~ 1980. This word first appeared in the photographic essays of legendary war correspondent robert capa, who used it to describe the generation born after World War II. I think this is more reliable.
X in generation X comes from the word exclusion, which implies "the excluded generation", but I can't find out why this metaphor is like this, why it is excluded or ignored.
About Generation X, you can find videos on Tencent Video, similar to educational films, which can better understand this generation.
Speaking of Generation X and Generation Y, let's record the baby boom.
The baby boom refers to the phenomenon that the birth rate has risen sharply in a certain period and in a specific area. Because it became a baby boom, the typical period was 1946~ 1964 after the end of World War II. A large number of babies were born and now they are the main personnel of the country, which is generally used to refer to the scene in the United States.
As you can imagine, this generation has a stable life after the war and all kinds of resources will be provided to them. They also have unique values and crowd characteristics.
Baby boomers, generation x, generation y, and then generation z, which is the younger generation.
Generation Z is a popular term in the United States and Europe, which refers to people born in the mid-1990s and after 2000. They are mainly children of Generation X, and Generation Z is deeply influenced by the development of Internet and various technologies.
These terms about generations are usually used in demography, sociology, marketing and popular culture research. The time point between generations may be controversial, but it does not prevent us from understanding. Referring to these generations, the feeling is to understand some characteristics, cultures and values of people in that era. Regarding the characteristics of each generation, I found a picture on the Internet, and I can have a look.