This presentation aims to introduce several topics covering how the youth, particularly Generation Z, interacts with and utilizes online spaces from an American perspective. Constant changes to the online media landscape require us to constantly re-evaluate our approach to viewing these subjects. From changing attention spans and attitudes to altering how each generation consumes news and media, a static view of the internet will never suffice while new platforms and technologies are being introduced.  

Online spaces allow us to interact in ways not possible in the past. With each generation, the technological divide grows, leaving behind those that choose not to keep up. Younger people in America are able to interact with the world and consume content in an increasingly borderless way. One way we see this change is through the rise in popularity of non-English language music, film, and television. Approaches to these topics can take on both a positive or negative lens, possibly as a testament to their ever-changing nature and our inability to know the potential long term impact. Information abundance and overload have become more frequently discussed and communities are becoming increasingly niche as internet access expands globally and people discover spaces to further or strengthen their perspectives, for better or for worse.