Topic summary
IGeneration
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Generation Z.
Terminology
The name Generation Z is a reference to it being the second generation after Generation X, continuing the alphabetical sequence from Generation Y (Millennials). Other names for the generation have included iGeneration, Homeland Generation, Digital Natives, Neo-Digital Natives (emphasizing the shift from PC to mobile and text to video among this cohort), Pluralist Generation, Internet Generation, and Centennials. The Pew Research Center surveyed the various terms for this cohort on Google Trends in 2019, and found that in the U.S., Generation Z was overwhelmingly the most popular. The Merriam-Webster and Oxford dictionaries both have official entries for Generation Z.