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Communicating through Generational Gaps. Communicating through. Generational Gaps. A look at Different Generations Generational Influences Defining Moments Cultural Shifts Media Habits Where are we at now?. Communicating through. Generational Gaps. Born: 1943-1960 Age: 48 to 65.
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Communicating through Generational Gaps • A look at Different Generations • Generational Influences • Defining Moments • Cultural Shifts • Media Habits • Where are we at now?
Communicating through Generational Gaps Born: 1943-1960 Age: 48 to 65 Born: 1961 to 1980 Age: 28 to 47 Born: 1900-1924 Age: 84+ Born: 1925-1943 Age: 65 to 83 GI Generation Greatest Generation WWII Generation Gen X Generation X Baby Boomers Postwar Generation Silent Generation Born: 1981 - 2001 Age: 7 to 27 Born: 2001 - Present Age: 1 to 7 Generation Y (’79 – ’99) Echo Boom Internet Generation (’88 –’99) Millenials MTV Generation ?
GI GENERATIONGREAT DEPRESSIONGREATEST GENERATIONWWII GENERATION Born: 1900-1924
Born: 1900-1924 GI Generation, Great Depression, Greatest Generation, WWII Generation
Born: 1900-1924 GI Generation, Great Depression, Greatest Generation, WWII Generation Defining Moments World War II Great Depression Pearl Harbor Cultural Shifts Rise of Radio Role of Women Ford’s Model T
Born: 1900-1924 GI Generation, Great Depression, Greatest Generation, WWII Generation Entertainment Charlie Chaplin Josephine Baker Radio Variety Shows Bob Hope Bing Crosby Big Band Music Edward R Murrow Jack Benny Rogers and Astaire Gone With the Wind
Born: 1900-1924 GI Generation, Great Depression, Greatest Generation, WWII Generation Current Media Habits
POST WAR GENERATIONSILENT GENERATION Born: 1925-1943
Born: 1925-1943 Post War Generation, Silent Generation
Born: 1925-1943 Post War Generation, Silent Generation Defining Moments Beginning of The Cold War Signing of GI Bill Korean War Cultural Shifts Development of Interstate Highways Televisions become affordable Anti-Soviet/Communism Movement begins with Cold War
Born: 1925-1943 Post War Generation, Silent Generation Entertainment TV for Kids Howdy Doody Cartoons Edward R Murrow on TV I Love Lucy Ozzie & Harriet The Rat Pack The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit
Born: 1925-1943 Post War Generation, Silent Generation Current Media Habits
BABY BOOMERS Born: 1943-1960
Born: 1943-1960 Baby Boomers
Born: 1943-1960 Baby Boomers Defining Moments War in Vietnam JFK Assassination NASA Moon Landing Desegregation Cultural Shifts Women’s Lib Movement Peace Movement Draft Resistance British Invasion
Born: 1943-1960 Baby Boomers Entertainment Leave It to Beaver Mary Tyler Moore Disneyland The Graduate Dr. Strangelove James Bond The Beatles Motown
Born: 1943-1960 Baby Boomers Current Media Habits
GENERATION X Born: 1961-1980
Born: 1961-1980 Generation X
Born: 1961-1980 Generation X Defining Moments Fall of Iron Curtain 9/11 Dot.com Collapse Cultural Shifts Divorce and Separation Personal Computers Personal Wealth
Born: 1961-1980 Generation X Entertainment Sesame Street Star Wars Music Television Disco Heavy Metal Seinfeld Grunge Friends
Born: 1961-1980 Generation X Current Media Habits
GENERATION YECHO BOOMINTERNET GENERATIONMILLENIALSMTV GENERATIONGENERATION Z (1997-2001) Born: 1981-2001
Born: 1981-2001 Generation Y, Echo Boom, Internet Generation, Millenials, MTV Generation, Generation Z
Born: 1981-2001 Generation Y, Echo Boom, Internet Generation, Millenials, MTV Generation, Generation Z Defining Moments Columbine Shootings Attacks on 9.11.01 Hurricane Katrina 2004 Tsunami Cultural Shifts Rise of the Microprocessor
Born: 1981-2001 Generation Y, Echo Boom, Internet Generation, Millenials, MTV Generation, Generation Z Entertainment Nick TV Sponge Bob Squarepants Pokemon Hip Hop Facebook Raves MySpace
Born: 1981-2001 Generation Y, Echo Boom, Internet Generation, Millenials, MTV Generation, Generation Z Current Media Habits
Media Today • Media fragmentation abounds • Traditional media has seen a loss of audience to the web • Increase of peer-to-peer and user generated content via the web, cell phones and PDA’s • Bottomline…Media is in a state of flux and advertisers need to find alternative means, other then traditional media to reach their target audience