Gen Z: Lonely, Stressed Out and Taking Over the World
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 72
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 72
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In Gen Z: Lonely, Stressed Out and Taking Over the World, Gloria Barone Rosanio looks at what makes Generation Z – the youngest adults – lonelier than other generations. This generation of nearly 2.5 billion strong worldwide is growing up more slowly, staying closer to home and family than prior generations, and values safety and security. They’re diverse and committed to social justice, equality, and the environment. Their smartphones and social media makes them the most hyper-connected of all generations. Yet, at the same time, Gen Z is the loneliest of all generations – an ache made only deeper by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Why do young adults in the prime of life consider themselves lonelier than elderly people nearing the end of their life? How can Gen Z’ers overcome loneliness and prepare to shape the world they passionately want to change? What can the rest of us do to create communities and communications that help Gen Z form deeper social connections and meaningful personal relationships and become healthy, strong and resilient adults? Those are the questions this book sets out to answer. Lonely, Stressed Out and Taking Over the World will be of interest to students, parents, educators, employers, health care professionals and everyone who cares about Generation Z.
Foreword by Jayne O’Donnell
Chapter 1. Introducing Gen Z
Chapter 2. Pajamas? Bad Hair? Don’t Care! College Classes During a Pandemic
Chapter 3. Why Is Gen Z Different from Other Generations?
Chapter 4. The Loneliness of Youth
Chapter 5. Loneliness and Social Media—It’s Complicated
Chapter 6. The Pandemic Generation
Chapter 7. College Students and Mental Health
Chapter 8. When Gen Z Goes to Work
Chapter 9. How the World Can Help Gen Z
Chapter 10. How Lonely Are You? Self-assessment.
Acknowledgments
Gloria Barone Rosanio spent 25 years as a communications and public relations director in the health care field. She specialized in national and global commu-nication strategies and campaigns related to business and health, corporate so-cial responsibility, philanthropy, thought leadership, brand awareness, and issues management.
Gloria is an adjunct professor in the College of Communication and Creative Arts at Rowan University and created Rowan’s first course in Strategic Health Care Public Relations. She serves as the professional advisor to the Rowan University Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and was named PRSSA’s 2014 national outstanding Professional Advisor of the Year.
She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Penn State University and a bachelor’s degree in English from Rowan University. She is accredited in public relations from the Public Relations Society of America and certified in corporate social responsibility from the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence.
Gloria also serves nonprofit organizations. She is on the executive board of Arogya World, whose mission is to reduce chronic disease in India and around the world. With March of Dimes, she developed children’s books to be read to infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) of hospitals across the United States. In 2018, Gloria received the Mahatma Award from the NGO Expo organization for helping to advance social good around the world.