By Flávia Vianna It’s incredible how a tool used to send messages through 140 characters can be used to update us, convey emotion, encourage thinking, reflection, and laughter, or “all of the above.” A few weeks ago, I got a post through Twitter talking about a mom who went into an electronics store and asked [...]
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By Valéria Lima There’s a theory that Communication majors learn about in college, called the “spiral of silence.” Basically this hypothesis developed by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann says that less popular opinions tend not to be heard, as they get drowned out by the opinions of the majority. She links this to the role of mass communication [...]
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By Eline Kullock I ask myself why Harry Potter is so popular with generation Y. Is it a deficit in idols that makes this “hero” more significant than Spiderman for this generation? What values of witchcraft and magic does this generation identify with? Everyone will agree when I say that Harry Potter mania is officially [...]
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By Flavia Vianna* New illustration created by my intern. I signal over to him with my hand. Removing the phone, which is usually glued to my ear, making extra effort for a “personal approach,” and “personal interaction” with him. He goes, “Ah….(popping chewing gum sounds)…check it out to see if this is cool.” So, I [...]
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By Julianna Antunes* Yes. I’m going to write this in the first person. I’ve got some generation X in me, a bit of Generation Z, but I am in fact part of Generation Y. X, Y, Z. Where are we (young people who have just started entering the workplace) going to find ourselves in this [...]
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By Cory Huff* “This is Cory. He’s our social media guy,” says Manager to the new hires. “He gets paid to play on Facebook all day.” I just roll my eyes and tell the new hires to ignore him. I’m happy because I finally got the IT Manager to undo the block on social media [...]
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By Liliane Fonseca As a representative of the generation born in the 1980s, I feel an affinity in regards to this subject, and I feel it’s important to defend our perspectives, and to show what we can offer to other generations. Also, I’d like to speak to the rather harsh criticism we often receive for [...]
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By Silvana Avinami I’m over it. I can’t stand reading about one more Gen X manager who thinks that Gen Y is the worst generation of employees that has come along. And I cannot stand watching one more Baby Boomer manager roll their eyes as they complain that Gen Y is a group of spoiled, [...]
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By Cheila Esquilin “You’re young. You’re inexperienced. You’re a slacker. You’re immature. You can’t hold down a job. You can’t handle any responsibilities.” Does that sound familiar? Has anybody, lets say elderly, said those words to you before? That’s how my elders see me. But that’s far from how I see the majority of my [...]
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By Crystal Olig When Talking About Generations asked me about doing a guest post for them, and idea instantly popped into my head. The topic is highly personal – my own experiences in the different roles I play as a female Millennial. My experiences will differ from my mother and grandmother in substantial ways, and [...]
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