[ecrea] CFP: The Millennial Generation and its Future Prospects

CFP: The Millennial Generation and its Future Prospects

Journal: Communication, Politics and Culture. Editor-in-chief Dr. Chris 
Hudson

Guest Editors: Drs. Ahmet Atay & Anthony Cristiano

*Description:*

Millennials have been described in a variety of ways, as the ‘dumbest 
generation’ (M. Bauerlein, 2009), ‘the want’ generation (E. Fish, 2015), 
‘the rising’ generation (N. Howe & W. Strauss, 2000), the ‘most 
influential consumer’ generation (J. Fromm & C. Garton, 2013), the ‘next 
political’ generation (A. Novak, 2016), the ‘Muggle generation’ (A. 
Gierzynski, 2013), part of the ‘faithful generation’ (J. Mabry, 2013), 
and the ‘digital-only media consumer’ generation (D. Desjardins, 2015), 
among other qualifications. Members of the millennial generation, or 
Generation Y, were born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s. 
Most of them are offspring of the baby boomers. Even though Generation X 
members were known to heavily consume electronic media due to the 
infancy of the Internet, the millennials were born into a 
media-saturated and new consumer-driven culture. Moreover, unlike the 
members of the previous generations, they are surrounded by digital 
media technologies since birth. In a way, they live in a digital media 
ecosystem and in fact are known as “digital natives” (J. Palfrey & U. 
Gasser, 2013; A. Parment, 2012; F. Tanyel et al., 2013). While there may 
not bea global culture created by the members of the millennial 
generation outside of their national borders, what appears to be 
emerging, however, is a transnational similarity among them due to the 
shared environments afforded to them by the global nature of new media 
and Internet technologies. This CFP aims to survey the state of the 
current studies and findings pertaining to the role played by, and 
effects of, portable devices (i.e. smartphones, new digital gadgetry, 
social media networks, and other transnational web-based networks 
accessed via mobile devices, etc.), as well as propose new 
understandings, on diverse ethnic groups and demographics (i.e. the 
impact of millennials in political culture, despite the criticism of 
being disconnected and disengaged, is apparent: the role they played in 
the last presidential elections in Canada, their involvement in the U.S. 
political landscape through their support of Bernie Sanders, and their 
overwhelming reaction to the Brexit ‘remain campaign’ is worthwhile to 
note). Have millennials’ prospects and/or competencies improved compared 
to previous generations? Are they demonstrating the ability to set out a 
path for themselves and take charge of their own life and future—as per 
the claims of visionaries like Ray Kurzweil, among others? This special 
issue is particularly interested in, but not limited by, the following 
points:

1)Review of current studies and findings with critical assessment of 
arguments and propositions, if any.

2)Advancement of descriptions and classifications of common features and 
trends among millennials, globally.

3)New insights into the culture, outlook, aspirations, and vision of 
millennials, as well as difference from previous generational mindsets.

4)Prognostic depiction of future states, prospects, and/or outcomes of 
current trends.

5)The creation of a ‘global millennials’ culture’; is it possible?

6)The ways in which members of the millennial generation increasingly 
become cosmopolitans, and the quality or character of such cosmopolitanism.

7)New forms of addiction, anxieties, relationships, and/or distractions, 
millennials are subjected to and affected by.

8)Disruptive technology and the schooling of millennials, revolutions in 
higher education: where are they headed?

9)How is the complex relationship between millennials and new media 
technologies changing media and cultural landscapes?

Abstracts are due by August 30, 2016, with a word length of up to no 
more than 500 words, along with pertinent references, and a short 
biographic blurb of 300 words. Full-length manuscripts are due on 
December 30, 2016, with a word length of no more than 6,000 words and in 
MLA style, including references, endnotes, and so forth. Abstracts 
should be emailed as Word documents to both co-editors Ahmet Atay 
((aatay /at/ wooster.edu)) and Anthony Cristiano 
((anthony.cristiano /at/ utoronto.ca)) for an initial review.

*Selected bibliography:*

Atay, Ahmet. /Globalization’s Impact on Cultural Identity Formation: 
Queer Diasporic /

/Males in Cyberspace/. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015. Print.

—.“Digital Diasporic Experiences in Digital Queer Spaces.” /Click and Kin: /

/Transnational Identity and Quick Media/. Eds. May Friedman and Silvia 
Schuldermandl. Toronto, Canada. University of Toronto Press. 2016. 
139-158. Print.

Bauerlein, Mark./The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies 
Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 
30)/. New York, NY: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2008. Print.

Bibby, Reginald W, Sarah Russell, and Ronald Rolheiser./The Emerging 
Millennials: How Canada’s Newest Generation Is Responding to Change & 
Choice/. Lethbridge, AB: Project Canada Books, 2009. Print.

Botterill, Jacqueline, Marian Bredin, Tim Dun. “Millennials’ Use: It is 
a Matter of Time.” /Canadian Journal of Communication/ 40.3 (2015): 
537-551. Print.

Chod, Suzanne M., William J Muck, Stephen M. Caliendo. /Technology and 
Civic Engagement in the College Classroom: Engaging the Unengaged./ New 
York: Palgrave Macmillian, 2015. Print.

Cristiano, Anthony. “Internet Technologies: Digital Paradises or Digital 
Hells?” in /Digital Images of Europe: Past, Present, Future/. Ed. 
Yolanda Espiña. Porto: Universidade Católica Editora, 2014. Internet source.

—. “Digital Media Realities: Propositions from the Arts, Philosophy, and 
Criticism.” /URAM (University of Toronto Press Journal)/ 33.3-4 (2010, 
Published 2014): 208-221. Print.

Desjardins, Danielle./The Digital-Only Media Consumer: Key Findings from 
a Conversation with All-Digital Millennials/. Toronto: Canada Media 
Fund, 2015. Internet resource.

Ferreira, Stacey and Jarred Kleinert. /2 Billion Under 20: How 
Millennials Are Breaking Down Age Barriers and Changing the World/. New 
York: St Martin’s Press, 2015. Print.

Fish, Eric./China//’//s Millennials: The Want Generation/. London: 
Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Print.

Fromm, Jeff, and Christie Garton./Marketing to Millennials: Reach the 
Largest and Most Influential Generation of Consumers Ever/. New York: 
American Management Association, 2013. Print.

Gierzynski, Anthony, and Kathryn Eddy./Harry Potter and the Millennials: 
Research Methods and the Politics of the Muggle Generation/. Baltimore: 
John Hopkins University Press, 2013. Print.

Greenfiled, David. “The Addictive Properties of Internet Usage.” 
/Internet Addiction: A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation and Treatment/. 
Kimberly S. Young and Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu eds. Hoboken, N.J.: John 
Wiley & Sons Inc., 2011. 135-153. Print.

Griffiths, Mark. “Does Internet and Computer ‘Addiction’ Exist? Some 
Case Study Evidence.” /Cyberpychology & Behavior/ 3.2 (2000): 211-217. 
Print.

Guzzo, Tiziana, Fernando Ferri, and Patrizia Grifoni. “Social Network’s 
Effects on Italian Teenager’s Life.” /Journal of Next Generation 
Information Technology/ (JNIT) 4.3 (2013): 54–62. Print.

Howe, Neil, and William Strauss./Millennials Rising: The Next Great 
Generation /by Neil Howe and Bill Strauss; Cartoons by R.J. Matson/. New 
York: Vintage Books, 2000. Print.

Kimberly S. Young and Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu eds. /Internet 
Addiction: A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation and Treatment/. Hoboken, 
N.J.: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2011. Print.

Imperato, Rob. /The Digital Age: The Real Challenge and Effect on 
Children and Parents/. Bloomington, IN: Xlibris.com, 2014. Print.

Lancaster, Lynne C. and David Stillman. /When Generation Collide: Who 
They Are, Why They Clash, and How to Solve the Generational Puzzle at 
Work/. New York: Harper Collins, 2002. Print.

*Luo, Shanhong. “Effects of texting on satisfaction in romantic 
relationships: The role of attachment.” */Computers in Human Behavior/33 
(2014) 145–152. Print.**

Luttrell, Regina and Karen McGrath. /The Millennial Mindset: Unraveling 
Fact from Fiction/. Lanham, MD. Lexington Books, 2015. Print.

Mabry, John R./Faithful Generations: Effective Ministry Across 
Generational Lines./ New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2013. Print.

McHaney, Roger and John Daniel. /The New Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 
and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education/. Sterling, VA: 
Stylus, 2011. Print

New Strategist Publications/. The Millennials: Americans Born 1977 to 
1994/. Ithaca, N.Y: New Strategist Publications, 2004. Print.

Novak, Alison. /Media, Millennials, and Politics: The Coming of Age of 
the Next Political Generation/. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2016. Print.

Palfrey, John and Urs Gasser. “Born Digital: Understanding the First 
Generation of Digital Natives.” /The Millennial Generation/. Eds. David 
Haugen and Susan Musser. Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2013. 35-42. Print.

Parment, Anders. /Generation Y in Consumer and Labor Markets/. New York: 
Routledge, 2012. Print.

Poindexter, Paula. M. /Millennials, News, and Social Media: Is News 
Engagement a Thing of the Past?/ New York: Peter Lang, 2012. Print.

Rankin, David. /US Politics and Generation Y: Engaging the Millennials/. 
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013. Print.

Schwalbe, Carol B. “Leveraging the Digital Media Habits of the 
Millennials: Strategies for Teaching Journalism Courses.” /Southwestern 
Mass Communication Journal/ Fall (2009). 53-68. Print.

Serazio, Michael. “Selling (Digital) Millennials.” /Television & New 
Media/ 16.7 (2015): 599-615. Print.

Serres, Michel. /Thumbelina: The Culture and Technology of Millennials/. 
Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015. Print.

Sujansky, Joanne G, and Jan Ferri-Reed./Keeping the Millennials: Why 
Companies Are Losing Billions in Turnover to This Generation-and What to 
Do About It/. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2009. Print.

Tanyel, Faruk, Elnora W. Stuart, and Jan Griffin. “Have ‘Millenials’ 
Embraced Digital Advertising as They Have Embraced Digital Media?” 
/Journal of Promotion Management/ 19 (2013). 652-673. Print.

Tapscott, Don./Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation/. New 
York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Print

Zhou, Yan et al. “Gray matter abnormalities in Internet addiction: A 
voxel-based morphometry study.” /European Journal of Radiology/ 79 
(2011): 92-95. Print.



Ahmet Atay, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
College of Wooster

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