Ένα ενδιαφέρον βιβλίο στο θέμα είναι το Social Media: Usage and Impact, των Hana S. Noor Al-Deen, John Allen Hendricks από όπου παραθέτω το απόσπασμα:
Ideally, the American democratic process works at its best when participatory levels are at their highest and all citizens exercise their civic responsibility to cast a vote. The Millennial generation has proved to be an active voting demographic (Hendricks & Denton, 2010; Hendricks & Kaid, 2011). Members of the Millennial include those between the ages of 18-29 and were born
between 1982 and 2003 (Winograd & Hais, 2008). Above all, the Millennial generation is the largest in American history (Winograd & Hais, 2008).
In fact, it is 21% larger than even the Baby Boom generation (Greenberg & Weber, 2008, p. 20). The “Millennials are the most ethnically diverse generation in American history” (Winograd & Hais, 2008, p. 2). Howe and Strauss (2000) noted that the Millennials .. are more numerous, more affluent, better educated, and more ethnically diverse” than any generation before it (p. 4).
Indeed, the Millennials arc set to become a juggernaut in American society and American politics. Greenberg and Weber (2008) assert: “There are enough of them that today’s youth could become a political force that could dominate all political factions and institutions if they are united and share beliefs and long-term planetary orientation” (p. 4). Also, Greenberg and Weber (2008) posit: . . they’ve begun affecting the outcome of national elections, especially as participation rates by young voters climb steadily” (p. 21). The Millennials are a technologically savvy generation. The members of this generation have never known a period in their lives when technology
did not play a significant role of some kind and advancements in technology have grown by leaps and bounds during their lives. Greenberg and Weber (2008) observed:
[The Millennial Generation] includes the people who have made social network ing (Faccbook, MySpacc, and so on) an important technological and societal trend. They live on instant messaging (IM), text each other continually, and have created entire new industries such as massive multi-player online gaming . . . They’ve made the Internet the world’s most important and fastest growing
medium for entertainment and information, (p. 20)
For twenty-first-century politics, Johnson (2009) acknowledges, . . social networking sites, like Facebook and MySpacc, have become important communication links. Added to this is the enormous potential of cell phone text messaging and Twitter, the social networking and micro-blogging service” (p. 17). All of which are enthusiastically embraced by Millennials.