1. Stress & the Millennials
By Sarah, brandon, saresa, salina, han

2. Who we are: the millennials
Young people born from
Slightly bigger than Baby Boomer Generation
78 million millennials born in the 20 years
The Millennials

3. Millennial Traits: some Obvious, Some contradictory
Technologically savvy  highly influenced by media
Politically engaged
Short attention span but… good at multitasking
Sheltered yet…America’s most educated generation
Achievement-oriented: want to make $$$ but… are not driven by money
Strive for recognition & fame but... value volunteering intrinsically (simply because it is the right thing to do)
Less religious yet… great respect for older generations
Marrying later, if at all; also higher divorce rate
Higher expectations placed on their shoulders by themselves & people around them (peers, parents, friends, competition, older generations)
Innovative, Polite, Entrepreneurial… aka Generation “Sell”

4. How millennials are seen
Despite stereotype of the youth as the generation that doesn’t value hard work and would rather have a good time…
Millennials are the most powerful consumer group in the world
Businesses cater to what Millennials want
Millennials want to be entertained by today’s marketing and media
Whether or not they like what they see, chances are they will share it
Businesses want positive feedback from the largest consumer group
“Entitlement Nation,” “Everybody gets a Trophy,” “Special People”

5. Say What?  
Some Analogies from Millennial Generation High School Students… a good example of why some people of older generations might mistakenly believe our generation is not as educated or intelligent  

6. Versus: How millennials see themselves
New technology and hyper-connectivity (social media)=constant and instant communication. Millennials understand that... Social media is a tool to create a product: ourselves We package and promote ourselves as a brand to be managed and (metaphorically) sold for different purposes. For example, we design our pages and profiles to market ourselves depending on the social media site… On LinkedIn: stellar, exceptional, unique candidate for immediate hire On Facebook: popular, fun, cool (unique but to an acceptable degree) personalities with which viewers should really want to get to know and befriend
Constant Management=24/7 Surveillance!
How do we ever sleep?

7. language patterns of millennials
Each generation has their own kind of language
Bad means good
Technology & the need for faster communication also creates new language
Ur & lol are common
Fashion also speaks a lot about who you are
Got to be Polo
How language patterns relate to stress:
Everyone wants to fit in and be accepted
Many people give into pressure of keeping up with new fads
Having to deal with these always changing trends adds a great load to a person’s stress in terms of self-image and confidence

9. Who helps define Millennials?
Millennial generation is defined by social media
Almost everybody has a Facebook/Twitter & even had a MySpace
Mark Zuckerberg (28)
Created Facebook
Dropped out of college and became a billionaire
Social Media sites cause more stress to millennials than it seems
Emotional statuses
Did not get a lot of likes
Not what you wanted to see
Subtweets
Because of Social Media’s popularity, many millennials mistake it for real life

10. Unique history of millennial generation
The Millennials have survived through…
First female supreme court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor
Bush presidency
AIDS epidemic breaks out
Repression ends; economic prosperity; soon recession follows
First Woman on Moon, Sally Ride
Clinton impeached for sex scandal
September 11, twin towers
The change from 1900's-2000's: Y2K
Gulf War
Rwanda, Darfur Genocide; Civil War in Syria (wipes out generation)
First black president
Killing of Osama Bin Laden; execution of Saddam Hussein
Women can go into combat in USA
VA Tech, Sandy Hook, Movie Shootings, Boston Marathon
Human Genome project completed in 2000

11. What Does our culture look like? Music - Movies - Books - technology
Old animated films
Cinderella, Peter Pan—despite both originally released <1955
The Rescuers, The Little Mermaid, Beauty & The Beast, Aladdin
Disney Channel original movies
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Johnny Tsunami, Lizzy McGuire
Old classics (influence from our parents)
Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music
Newer classics
Jurassic Park, Remember the Titans, The Princess Bride, Shrek, Finding Nemo
Bartok Video
Clip from popular animated film of the Millennial Gen.

13. What Does our culture look like? Music - Movies - Books - technology
Genres: Pop, Rap, House, Techno, Punk, Classic Rock
More development in and fluid movement between established genres…
 Indie, Alternative Rock, Alternative Country, Pop Country, Dubstep
Artists: Larger # and greater range of popular artists than ever before
Madonna, The Beatles, Sugar Ray, Weezer, Blink-182, Britney Spears, Eminem, Christina Aguilera, Green Day, John Legend, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Drake, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, Rihanna, Adele, Lady Gaga, Radiohead, etc.

14. What Does our culture look like? Music - Movies - Books - technology
Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games
Technology:
Portable, fast, personal media-storing devices
iPod, laptops, smart phones, iPad, kindle
Social networks, hyper-connectivity, and outlets for self-expression
AIM, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs, Tumblr, Instagram, Skype,
iTunes, Wikipedia, YouTube

15. Immersed in technology

16. Faith, morality, & millennials
Young people are less traditionally religious than older generations
HOWEVER
They are also more spiritual than older generations, regarding faith as an inclusive, accepting inner element rather than an exclusive, rigidly structured attendance- keeping program
Majority believe that morals are relative
BUT, that does not mean that we are immoral or amoral

17. Green= percentage of people who have no religious affiliation
31% people not religiously affiliated

18. the “Good News” generation
“With a group of kids who are more educated, less divisive, and more connected, who knows what good they will accomplish!”
-Lucille Zimmerman, High School Teacher, Washington, DC

19. Stress the body to any demand for change” Relievers:
“Stress”- current understanding coined by Hans Seyle in 1936
Definition: (noun) “The non-specific response of
the body to any demand for change”
Relievers:
Exercise
Sleep
Meditation
Reading, relaxation
Cute: smiling releases endorphins  
Popular News Comedian,
Jon Stewart

20. Take it From us… we’re stressed!
College work & finals (obviously)
Parents/ family
High expectations for grades, their health/wellbeing,
constant checkups
MONEY
…What’s for dinner tonight? Ramen.
Summer plans
Figuring out interests & pursuing right career
Grad School?!?
Teams, clubs, groups, volunteer work
Supporting physical health on a minimal financial
and time budget
Men. Women.
Relationships. Breakups. Interest, disinterest?

21. Stressed Out…
Ellen on Stress

22. Sources Images courtesy of Google Images
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