MILLENNIAL GENERATION ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lenhart, A., Purcell, K., Smith, A., & Zickuhr, K. (2010). Social Media & Mobile Internet Use
among Teens and Young Adults. Millennials. Pew Internet & American Life Project. Retrieved
from http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED525056
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Our generation is called the millennials
73% of “wired” American teens use social media
81% of adults 18-29 are internet users
93% of teens 12-17 use the internet
This source offers many useful statistics about the technology usage of each age
group
Howe, N., & Strauss, W. (2007). Millennials go to college. LifeCourse Associates Great Falls,
VA. Retrieved from http://fys.utk.edu/wpcontent/blogs.dir/108/files/2014/01/Howe_millennials.pdf
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Millennial generation, defined as being born 1982 to the present
Millennials have driven down teen suicide rates, teen pregnancy and abortion,
violent crime and drug use among teens.
More focus is being put on children than ever before
Millennial generation is team-oriented, optimistic, high achieving, follows rules
Millennial cohort is at 80 million, could go up to 100 million which is a third larger
than baby boom cohort
This generation is most racially and ethnically diverse
This article covers the “7 core traits of the Millennial Generation” which include:
special, sheltered, confident, team-oriented, conventional, pressured, and
achieving
Graduation and beyond, and implications for higher education
DeBard, R. (2004). Millennials coming to college. New Directions for Student Services,
2004(106), 33–45. doi:10.1002/ss.123
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Millennial generation is the most diverse
This article also covers the 7 traits of the Millennial generation
discusses specific generational values, and how they differ from other other
generations
Millennial students expect high grades as a way of validating their achievement,
however they only do what is expected of them to achieve that outcome
Students have been growing increasingly optimistic about their chances for
academic success in college
CIRP survey found that percentage of students who devote six or more hours per
week to homework declined to an all time low of 33.4% compared to 47% in 1987
47% of first year college students have a job to help pay for their college
education
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In general, this generation is more ambitious -“compared to students just five or
six years ago, today’s freshmen are more academically optimistic, serviceoriented, and politically engaged.”
Deal, J. J., Altman, D. G., & Rogelberg, S. G. (2010). Millennials at Work: What We Know and
What We Need to Do (If Anything). Journal of Business and Psychology, 25(2), 191–199.
doi:10.1007/s10869-010-9177-2
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Higher rates of self esteem and assertiveness
Report higher rates of job satisfaction
We need more time to tell if this generation will be fundamentally impacted by
increased technology/social media use
Millennials are more overweight and less fit than generation X
Millennials are entering college in record numbers but have lower scores on
general knowledge