Generation X
Generation X experienced the introduction of the personal computer, the start of
the video game era, cable television and the Internet. Other events include the
AIDS epidemic, the War on Drugs, the Iran hostage crisis, the Persian Gulf War, the
Dot-com bubble, grunge, alternative rock and hip hop.[16] They are often called the
MTV Generation.[17] Pertinent to a non-partisan study on the 2008 U.S. Presidential
election, the Population Reference Bureau, a demographic research organization
based in Washington, D.C., cited Generation X birth years as falling between
1965-1982.[18]
In the preface to Generation X Goes Global: Mapping a Youth Culture in Motion, a
collection of global essays, Professor Christine Henseler summarizes it as "a
generation whose worldview is based on change, on the need to combat corruption,
dictatorships, abuse, AIDS, a generation in search of human dignity and
individual freedom, the need for stability, love, tolerance, and human rights for
all.