Generation Z is always connected
Youngsters from Generation Z are the most connected of any generation and have never known what it is like to be out of touch, says Curtin University cultural studies academic Jon Stratton.
"It's a generation that has never known what it's like not to be connected," he said. "If their mobile technology breaks down for some reason it's a time of panic."
Professor Stratton said Generation Z - born between 1995 and 2009 - also felt a general lack of security because they had grown up in the shadow of terrorism.
_The West Australian _Newspapers in Education wants to know more about what Generation Z thinks of the world.
It is offering 12 students from Years 6 to 12 the chance to be editors for a day to celebrate WA Children's Week. The students will advise on the front page and inside sections of a special edition of _The West Australian _on October 28. Entrants should submit an opinion piece up to 300 words on an issue confronting today's youth, a letter to the editor (150 words) or an editorial cartoon. Entries close on September 24.
