Youthspeak

There’s no doubt the pandemic has affected our daily routines deeply. Majority of working-class professionals continue to adjust to life in the online space and young adults are no different. A recent article in Forbes by Jeff Fromm, an expert on millennials and Generation Z, talks about how these generations’ interactions with social media have changed in the past year and a half.

Born between 1997 to 2010, Gen Zers are feeling the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic perhaps more than any other generation as the defining period of their lives has seemingly been stalled. From notes that unlike other generations who distrust the self-perpetuating algorithms of social media, Gen Z prefers a curated feed tailor-fit to their interests; they also mistrust large institutions and admire those who take a stand. They’re all about supporting individuality and uniqueness, and there’s no better place to celebrate that than in the realm of social media.

These digital did a study on this and noted that the spike in TikTok users may have also come from millennials (born 1981 to 1996) who have begun using the platform in the past year as well.