There are events that occur in our lives that can radically change, shape, or influence what we do and why we do it. These time-specific events are distinguishing factors that separate the various generations. Here are a few of those events that shaped the Net Geners:
- exposed to first Gulf War
- may have served in Iraq and/or Afghanistan
- experienced first-hand the expansive growth of the technologies, including PCs, Internet, video games, virtual environments, iPhones, iPods, blogs, wikis, and social media networks
- watched reality TV
- observed the rise and subsequent failure of many dot.com companies and the stock market crash of 2008
- witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Columbine shootings, Oklahoma City bombing, the O. J. Simpson trial, and the AIDS epidemic
- participated in America’s diversity, multiculturalism, and election of the first Afro-American president
Can those events change someone? Ya think? Consider how the Net Geners might respond to those events compared to the rest of us.
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