Citations:Generation K

English citations of Generation K

Proper noun: "alternative name for Generation Z"

• 2015 April 25, Rachel Halliwell, “Say hello to Generation K: why today's teens are terrified about everything”, in The Telegraph‎^[1]:

  My eldest daughter could now legally drink like if a fish she chose, but she barely touches the stuff. “I’ve got too much on my plate to cope with a hangover,” she tells me. Her studies and work must come first if she wants to succeed in the competitive landscape in which she has come of age. This is another trait of Generation K: they consume alcohol and drugs far less than teenagers before them and worry far more about their professional prospects.

• 2016 March 19, Noreena Hertz, “Think millennials have it tough? For 'Generation K', life is even harsher”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

  While technology is important to millennials, it is essential to those such as Sarah who come after, and are permanently switched on, multi-screening and multi-tasking. The most common name this group is given is Gen Z; I call them Generation K, after Katniss Everdeen, the determined heroine of the Hunger Games. Like Katniss, they feel the world they inhabit is one of perpetual struggle – dystopian, unequal and harsh.