Has Youth Culture Really Changed Much Since the 80’s?

love this infographic about pop culture changes. fascinating differences between kids those days and kids these days!

Here and There...

Whenever teens and adults talk about culture, you’ll undoubtedly hear the phrase “back in the day” or “when I was a teenager.”  Today’s youth can sometimes think they’re in a foreign world that no one knows anything about, and our ‘retro’ teens often feel they’re the only ones that lived through truly coming-of-age times.  Both generations grew up around some cool innovations and advancements, as well as endured some of the darker days of their generations.  Neither seems all too aware that there’s many more dots to connect between their respective teen years than they would think, and both often think the other doesn’t have a clue!

They may be right, at times, but is today’s Millennials and generation Z really so far unplugged from the teen Gen X‘ers of the 80’s?  Is there really such a deep chasm between the pressures, anxieties and conflicts teens faced…

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Things Gen Xers Don’t Remember

Things Gen Xers Don’t Remember.

Fascinating list from GenXSandwich of the difference between Boomers / Gen X and Gen Y. What would you add? What rings true for you? For me, War was Iraq 1 – I remember putting it down on my wall calendar “WAR!” because it seemed so big and scary. And then of course, it was over so quickly and didn’t really affect the homefront, as it were. But Iraq 2 and Afghanistan may not have been fought on US soil, but certainly have had major effects here – on the soldiers, on the economy, on politics. And that is how this stuff affects museums.

Culture Comparison- 3 Generations
Categoy	Gen X Missed or Was Too Young to Remember:pre 1970Era of Baby Boomers	Gen X Saw Growing Up: born: 1965-1976	Gen Y Have Seen So Far Growing Up: born: 1977-1994?
Economy	GI Bill,Booming Economy, Suburbia	Gas Shortages, Savings & Loan Crisis,	Dot Com Boom, Dot Com Bust, Real Estate Bust
War	Korea and Viet Nam	Afghanistan I	Iraq and Afghanistan II
Disaster	JFK’s asassination	Oklahoma City Bombing	9/11
Musicians	The Beatles / Elvis	Madonna / Michael Jackson	Backstreet Boys / Britney Spears
Game Changer	Civil Rights Acts	AIDS	Columbine HS Massacre
World Event	Cuban Missle Crisis	Berlin Wall Falling	Rwanda and Bosnian Genocides
Toys	Board Games	Legos, GI Joe, Barbie	Console Video Games, GameBoy
Sports Hero	Muhammad Ali	Walter Payton	Michael Jordon
Drug	Acid (Turn In, Tune On, Drop Out)	Speed and Coke (Living 24 Hours a Day)	Ecstasy and Meth (Take a Chill Pill)
Group Party	Woodstock	We Are The World and Farm Aid	Million Man March
Technology	Man on the Moon	The PC and Cell Phones	World Wide Web, eBay, Yahoo!
Politics	Nixon / Watergate	Reagan / Iran Contra	Clinton and Lewinsky
Mass Communication	Black and White TV	MTV / Cable	CDs and MP3s
Late Night	Johnny Carson	David Letterman	Conan O’Brien
The Fourth Turning’s Generation Type*	Prophet (known for vision, values, religion)	Nomad (known for liberty, survival, honor)	Hero (known for community, affluence, technology)