The name Igen has a double meaning.
Igeneration(or Igen) is a name that several individuals claim to have coined.
Igeneration(or Igen) is a name that several persons claim to have coined.
But technology is not the only thing that makes Igen distinct from every generation before them;
Compared with teenagers in previous decades, Igen teens are less likely to get together with their friends.
Jean Twenge's new book Igen has been front
and center insisting that we do something and do it quick.
(2017) Igen: why today's super-connected kids are growing
up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy- and completely unprepared for adulthood.
And members of Igen also need to understand themselves as they communicate with their elders
and explain their views to their older peers.
For example, Igen teens(those born after 1995) spend
less time with their friends in person and attending religious services, and more time online.
Born in the mid-1990s up to the mid-2000s, Igen is the first generation to spend their entire
adolescence in the age of the smartphone.
For example, while conducting research for my book on Igen, I found that teens now spend much
less time interacting with their friends in person.
While the IGEF is a high-level policy dialogue between India and Germany, the IGEF Support Office is
incorporated in the structure of the Indo-German Energy Programme(Igen).
With social media and texting replacing other activities, Igen spends less time with their friends in person--perhaps
contributing to their unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.
Igen: Why today's super-connected kids
are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy- and completely unprepared for adulthood- and what this means for the rest of us.
Igen: Why today's super-connected kids are growing
up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy- and completely unprepared for adulthood- and what this means for the rest of us.
If you're not Igen, you might still think of“listening to music”
as playing the radio in the car, listening to CDs with friends, or showing off your stereo to your crush.
These links between happiness and time use are worrying news,
as the current generation of teens(whom I call“Igen” in my book of the same name)
spends more time with screens than any previous generation.
(The categorizations also aren't precise by any means-- for example,"leisure time alone" doesn't necessarily
involve phones or devices, but for Igen it often does, and"print media"
such as magazines are sometimes read on phones).