Wk5 Homework

Most probably everyone was asked at least once in their lives to introduce themselves in just a couple of words. In that moment, no one can think about the most suitable adjectives, neither can I right now, but I’ll try my best. I would describe myself as someone who is very conservative in a way but is very much interested in the modern world as well, I try to stay as realistic as possible. Furthermore, I’m a little bit a walking paradox myself: on the one hand, I don’t like change, but on the other hand, I can’t stay put, I’m dying of boredom if nothing happens. Also, I don’t like being labelled until the person gets to know me.

In the 2014 article From GIs to Gen Z (Or is it iGen?): How Generations Get Nicknames, Samantha Raphelson, the author talks about categorizing groups of people, or in this case, generations – categorizing individuals based on when they were born. She begins with explaining how Neil Howe and William Strauss, authors of the 1991 book Generations, named the millennials, for example, but how they failed to name the generations born between 1965 and 1980. However, she then proceeds to tell the reader how the mentioned generation got its name and tries to explain it briefly. She analyses the names and if they are suitable or not. She mentions the benefits of these labels – they help the media and companies to communicate with the masses –, but also says how they are bad since they lead to stereotyping, even though not everyone identifies with these labels. She concludes with the problem of naming the latest and youngest generation, the generation of babies born after 2013, and lists some of the possible names.