Introduction: New Media Technologies, Social Media, Millennials, and Generation Z: An Introduction
Ahmet Atay and Mary Z. Ashlock
Section 1: Social Media in Everyday Life
Chapter 1: Strike a Po(z)e!: Generation Z’s Engagement with Fashion Brands on Social Media
Sophie Nightingale and Cristina Miguel
Chapter 2: Millennials/Gen Z, Dating Applications and Tinder: Living on Social Network Sites and Searching for Love and Community
Ahmet Atay
Chapter 3: Everything is an App (Including Us): The Media Ecology of Generation Z
Brian Gilchrist
Chapter 4: Millennials and the Gen Z in the Era of Social Media
Anca Serbanescu
Section 2: Millennials and Generation Z in Different Contexts
Chapter 5: Welcoming Gen Z to the Workforce: Leveraging Digital Literacy for Recruitment and Retention
Stephanie Smith and Michael Strawser
Chapter 6: Observations in the Classroom: Bridging the Gaps among Media, Technology, and College Students
Mary Z. Ashlock, Yi Jasmine Wang, Lindsay J. Della, Siobhan E. Smith-Jones, and
Ralph S. Merkel
Chapter 7: The Representations of Generation M and Z in the Mass Media: A Texting Mining Analysis
Kenneth C. C. Yang and Yowei Kang
Section 3: Global Examples
Chapter 8: The Role of Technological Change in Facilitating Young People’s Experiences with Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) in the United Kingdom
Lauren Dempsey
Chapter 9: Media and Technology: Generational Differences and Attitude of Nigerian Media Users in Nigeria
Oluwafunmilayo ‘Bode Alakija and Anthony Amedu
Chapter 10: Digital Children of the Digital Era: A Case Study of Generation Z on Instagram
H. Hale Künüçen and Leyla Akbaş
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