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 has spent 30 years as a communications and public relations professional in the healthcare field. She specializes in communication strategies and campaigns related to health, social responsibility, thought leadership, brand awareness and issues management.
Her experience includes 25 years at Cigna Corporation, a global health service company, where she won several public relations awards. She also led human resources communications for Princeton University and is currently the editorial director for the healthcare practice at PwC, US.
Gloria holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Rowan University and returned to Rowan as an adjunct professor where she created the first course in Strategic Healthcare Public Relations. She authored two books for the course, “Getting Started in Healthcare Public Relations” and “Gen Z: Lonely, Stressed Out and Taking Over the World.” Gloria also served for 10 years as professional advisor to Rowan’s Public Relations Student Society of America and in 2014 was named national Professional Adviser of the Year. She began an annual scholarship 10 years ago to recognize a Rowan PR student who exemplifies the best in community service.
Gloria holds a master’s degree in journalism from Penn State University and spent the first 15 years of her career as a newspaper reporter and editor. In 2007, she earned the distinction of APR (Accredited in Public Relations.) In 2010, she became certified in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence and in 2018, she received the Mahatma Award from NGO Expo for helping to advance social good around the world.
She is a past member of the Corporate Board of Arogya World, a non-profit dedicated to eliminating chronic disease, and is a former member of the Corporate Executive Board for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Currently, Gloria is an advisory board member to the Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces and serves on the Board of Directors for Uptown Stories, a Manhattan non-profit dedicated to helping children learn creative expression.
Gloria belongs to the Society of Children’s Book Writers and illustrators (SCBWI) and, with her husband, formed Payton Press, LLC to create children’s books, including books for March of Dimes families to read to infants in the hospital. She is also currently pursing songwriting and is a member of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI.)