ICSM Me Generation: Realities and Myths about the Millennial Generation
Note: In some of the Subject Headings used below--Youth, Young Adults, Teenagers, College Students, High School Students--you will need to check publication dates to see if millennials are the young people in question. In each of these searches, the most recent publications--the ones most likely to be contemporary with millennials--will display first.
Generation Y [Millennials]
Generation Y--Attitudes
Generation Y--Employment
Generation Y--United States--Statistics
Youth
Youth--Alcohol use
Youth--Attitudes
Youth--Books and reading
Youth--Drug use
Youth--Drug use--United States
Youth--Employment--United States
Youth--Political activity--United States
Youth--Religious life
Youth--Sexual behavior
Youth--Social conditions
Youth--Social conditions--21st century
Youth--United States
Youth--United States--Attitudes
Youth--United States--Sexual behavior
Young adults
Young adults--United States
Young adults--United States--Attitudes
Teenagers
Teenagers--Sexual behavior
Teenagers--United States--Attitudes
Teenagers--United States--Sexual behavior
Teenage consumers
Teenage consumers--United States
College students
College students--Sexual behavior--United States
College students--United States
College students--United States--Attitude
College students--United States--Sexual behavior
High school students--Attitudes
High school students--Sexual behavior
High school students--United States
High school students--United States--Attitudes
Adolescent psychology
African American youth
African American college students
African American high school students--Attitudes
Hispanic American youth
Hispanic American college students
Gay youth
Gay youth--United States
Gay teenagers--United States
Gay college students--United States
Gay high school students--United States
Technology and youth
Technology and youth--United States
Internet and teenagers
Mass media and youth
Mass media and youth--United States
Mass media and teenagers
Music and youth
Television and youth--United States
Youth and violence--United States
For comparison and contrast:
Generation X
Generation X--United States
Generation X--United States--Attitudes
Baby boom generation
Baby boom generation--United States
Intergenerational relations
Conflict of generations--United States
General technology topics in which millennials may be especially invested:
Virtual reality--Social aspects
Cyberspace--Social aspects
Shared virtual environments
Computer networks--Social aspects
Internet--Social aspects
Internet--Psychological aspects
Internet addiction
Online identities
Online identities--Social aspects
Social media
Online social networks
Online social networks--Political aspects
Online social networks--Psychological aspects
Online social networks--Social aspects
Online social networks--United States
Online chat groups--Social aspects
Electronic discussion groups--Social aspects
Facebook (Electronic resource)
Twitter
Cell phones--Social aspects
Smartphones--Social aspects
iPhone (Smartphone)--Social aspects
Text messages (Telephone systems)
Instant messaging
Blogs
Blogs--Social aspects
Electronic games--Social aspects
Computer games--Psychological aspects
Computer games--Social aspects
Video games
Video games--Psychological aspects
Video games--Social aspects
Internet games--Social aspects
Millennials' brave new world:
Twenty-first century--Forecasts
Civilization, Modern--21st century
Economic forecasting
Business forecasting
Global environmental change--Forecasting
Population forecasting
Population forecasting--United States
Population aging
Social Prediction
Social change--Forecasting
International relations--Forecasting
United States--Civilization--21st century--Forecasting
World politics--21st century--Forecasting
War--Forecasting
Progress
Regression (Civilization)
Generation Y [Millennials]
Generation Y--Attitudes
Generation Y--Employment
Generation Y--United States--Statistics
Youth
Youth--Alcohol use
Youth--Attitudes
Youth--Books and reading
Youth--Drug use
Youth--Drug use--United States
Youth--Employment--United States
Youth--Political activity--United States
Youth--Religious life
Youth--Sexual behavior
Youth--Social conditions
Youth--Social conditions--21st century
Youth--United States
Youth--United States--Attitudes
Youth--United States--Sexual behavior
Young adults
Young adults--United States
Young adults--United States--Attitudes
Teenagers
Teenagers--Sexual behavior
Teenagers--United States--Attitudes
Teenagers--United States--Sexual behavior
Teenage consumers
Teenage consumers--United States
College students
College students--Sexual behavior--United States
College students--United States
College students--United States--Attitude
College students--United States--Sexual behavior
High school students--Attitudes
High school students--Sexual behavior
High school students--United States
High school students--United States--Attitudes
Adolescent psychology
African American youth
African American college students
African American high school students--Attitudes
Hispanic American youth
Hispanic American college students
Gay youth
Gay youth--United States
Gay teenagers--United States
Gay college students--United States
Gay high school students--United States
Technology and youth
Technology and youth--United States
Internet and teenagers
Mass media and youth
Mass media and youth--United States
Mass media and teenagers
Music and youth
Television and youth--United States
Youth and violence--United States
For comparison and contrast:
Generation X
Generation X--United States
Generation X--United States--Attitudes
Baby boom generation
Baby boom generation--United States
Intergenerational relations
Conflict of generations--United States
General technology topics in which millennials may be especially invested:
Virtual reality--Social aspects
Cyberspace--Social aspects
Shared virtual environments
Computer networks--Social aspects
Internet--Social aspects
Internet--Psychological aspects
Internet addiction
Online identities
Online identities--Social aspects
Social media
Online social networks
Online social networks--Political aspects
Online social networks--Psychological aspects
Online social networks--Social aspects
Online social networks--United States
Online chat groups--Social aspects
Electronic discussion groups--Social aspects
Facebook (Electronic resource)
Cell phones--Social aspects
Smartphones--Social aspects
iPhone (Smartphone)--Social aspects
Text messages (Telephone systems)
Instant messaging
Blogs
Blogs--Social aspects
Electronic games--Social aspects
Computer games--Psychological aspects
Computer games--Social aspects
Video games
Video games--Psychological aspects
Video games--Social aspects
Internet games--Social aspects
Millennials' brave new world:
Twenty-first century--Forecasts
Civilization, Modern--21st century
Economic forecasting
Business forecasting
Global environmental change--Forecasting
Population forecasting
Population forecasting--United States
Population aging
Social Prediction
Social change--Forecasting
International relations--Forecasting
United States--Civilization--21st century--Forecasting
World politics--21st century--Forecasting
War--Forecasting
Progress
Regression (Civilization)
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- Millennial Momentum : How a New Generation Is Remaking America
- Invisible : How Millennials Are Changing the Way We Sell
- Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce : From the GI Generation to the Millennials
- New Digital Shoreline : How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education
- Cause for Change : The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement
- Diverse Millennial Students in College : Implications for Faculty and Student Affairs
- How Cool Brands Stay Hot : Branding to Generation Y
- Tourism and Generation Y
- New Digital Shoreline : How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education
- Educating the Net Generation : How to Engage Students in the 21st Century
- From Entitlement to Engagement : Affirming Millennial Students' Egos in the Higher Education Classroom New Directions for Teaching and Learning
- Generations, Inc. : From Boomers to Linksters - Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work
- Social Issues, Justice and Status : Disconnected Youth
- Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out : Kids Living and Learning with New Media
- Kids and Credibility : An Empirical Examination of Youth, Digital Media Use, and Information Credibility
- Young and the Digital : What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future
- Generation on a Tightrope : A Portrait of Today's College Student
- Transformation of Sexuality : Gender and Identity in Contemporary Youth Culture
- New Youth? : Young People Generations and Family Life
- Failing Liberty 101 : How We Are Leaving Young Americans Unprepared for Citizenship in a Free Society
- Youthscapes : The Popular, the National, the Global
- Routledge Advances in Sociology : Youth in Contemporary Europe
- Understanding Youth in Late Modernity
- New Gay Teenager
- Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next: This is the Pew Research study that informs most articles you'll find. Also check out other millennials articles from Pew Social & Demographic Trends.
- Mind the gaps The 2015 Deloitte Millennial survey
- 15 ECONOMIC FACTS ABOUT MILLENNIALS: 2014 report from the president's Council of Economic Advisers.
- How the values, uphill optimism of the Millennials compare to older generations PBS Newshour interview--video and transcript--with a Pew researcher.
- Religion Among the Millennials From Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project.
- Gen Y: New Dawn for work, play, identity From the 2012 Cisco World Technology Report.
- Youth and Media From the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. And be sure to check out the Publications.
- Millennials & Entertainment 2014 research report from Verizon.
- How Millennials Get News: Inside the habits of America’s first digital generation Results from a media Insight study.
- Digital Youth Research: Publications and Papers From U. Cal. Berkeley, scroll down for all the research categories here. Many of the publications are linked and free.
- Generation Y: United States Business research.
- Understanding Generation Y : White Paper from a recruitment firm.
- Millennial Generation Research This connects you to search results from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, which conducts a good deal of research on millennials..
- Millennials in the Workplace: A Communication Perspective on Millennials’ Organizational Relationships and Performance Free scholarly article. Use the page forward controls at bottom left.
- Millennials in the Workplace Research from Bentley University.
- Millennial Generation: Will today's young adults change American society? 2015 report from CQ Researcher (log-in required).
- Youth Unemployment: Will good jobs continue to elude young adults? 2014 study from CQ Researcher (log-in required.)
- Millennials: Challenges and Implications to Higher Education Published as a NYU faculty resource.
- Learning the Ropes: How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter College 2013 report from Project Information Literacy.
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