Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Demographic Data Australia

redrollers is admiring this pithy postcard packed with key demographic data for Australia - in 2009. It manages to collate population data and political patterns succinctly. Not so sure about this Generation Y/Z thing though ... can we come up with something more compelling: http://www.mccrindle.com.au/


Generation Z (IMO) is the first generation to go through their adolescence online: to literally have constructed and reinvented themselves publicly many times before they turn 18. Can you imagine posting a status update on facebook to 500+ people? Or being able to build your social networks while still at school? ...Danah Boyd has spent many years discovering what this might mean for this generation: you can read her thesis here: www.danah.org/papers/TakenOutOfContext.pdf