{"id":95825,"date":"2010-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2010\/02\/24\/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change-2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:47","slug":"millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2010\/02\/24\/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"The Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/millennials\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/Infographics\/Report%20Infographics\/2010\/Millennials\/Millennials440.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"85\" border=\"0\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America&#8217;s newest generation, the Millennials, is in its coming-of-age phase. <a title=\"The Millennials - A portrait by Scott Keeter and Paul Taylor\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pubs\/1437\/millennials-profile\"><strong>Who are they?<\/strong><\/a> How are they different? How are they being shaped by their moment in history? And how might they reshape America in the future? The Pew Research Center sets out to answer these questions in <a title=\"The Millennials - Pew Research Center\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/millennials\/\"><strong>a yearlong series of original reports<\/strong><\/a> that explore the behaviors, values and opinions of today\u2019s teens and twenty-somethings.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00bb\u00a0 Read <a title=\"Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change.\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/pubs\/751\/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change\">the latest report on the Millennial Generation,\u00a0from Pew Social &amp; Demographic Trends<\/a> (download the pdf <\/strong> <a title=\"Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change. (PDF)\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/assets\/pdf\/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change.pdf\"> <strong>here<\/strong> <\/a> <strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"How do your habits and beliefs compare with those of the Millennial Generation?\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/millennials\/quiz\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How Millennial are you?\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/Infographics\/Report%20Infographics\/2010\/Millennials\/millennials-quiz-logo-medium.gif\" width=\"191\" height=\"141\" border=\"0\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u00bb\u00a0 Materials from\u00a0the <a title=\"Video: Pew Research Center Millennials Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/millennials\/video\/conference.php\">video webcast<\/a> of the Pew Research Center&#8217;s\u00a0<b>February 24 <\/b>Millennials conference<\/b> <b>will be posted soon. <\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;conference-agenda&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"conference-agenda\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONFERENCE AGENDA<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:00 &#8211; 9:15: Welcome Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Andrew Kohut<\/b>, President of the <a title=\"Pew Research Center \" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/\">Pew Research Center <\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Rebecca W. Rimel<\/b>, President and CEO of <a title=\"The Pew Charitable Trusts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/\">The Pew Charitable Trusts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:15 &#8211; 10:45: Portrait of the Millennials <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Results from a new survey and expert analysis of the values, experiences and demographics of today&#8217;s teens and twentysomethings.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>David Campbell<\/b>, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, and author, <i>Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape Our Civic Life<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Neil Howe<\/b>, co-author, <i>Millennials Rising<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Mark Lopez<\/b>, Associate Director, <a title=\"Pew Hispanic Center \" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/\">Pew Hispanic Center <\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Allison Pond<\/b>, Research Associate, <a title=\"Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/\">Pew Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life <\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Paul Taylor<\/b>, Executive Vice President, <a title=\"Pew Research Center\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/\">Pew Research Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11:00 &#8211; 12:30: Millennials, Media and Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts on media and technology examine how Millennials are seeking, sharing and creating information.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>danah boyd<\/b>, Microsoft Research New England, and Fellow, Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society<\/li>\n<li><b>Dylan Casey<\/b>, Product Manager, Google<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Experts\/Amanda-Lenhart.aspx\"> <b>Amanda Lenhart<\/b> <\/a>, Senior Research Specialist, <a title=\"Pew Interent and American Life Project\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/\">Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project <\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Tom Rosenstiel<\/b>, Director, <a href=\"http:\/\/\/\">Pew Research Center&#8217;s Project for Excellence in Journalism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12:30 &#8211; 2:30: Millennials, the Midterms and Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They rocked the vote in 2008. Will the Millennials show up this November? And how will they shape the political landscape beyond?<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Matt Bai<\/b>, Contributing Politics Writer, The New York Times Magazine<\/li>\n<li><b>Eli Pariser<\/b>, Board President, MoveOn.org<\/li>\n<li><b>Reihan Salam<\/b>, Fellow, New America Foundation, and co-author, <i>Grand New Party<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Scott Keeter<\/b>, Director of Survey Research, <a title=\"Pew Research Center \" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/\">Pew Research Center <\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Michael Dimock<\/b>, Associate Director, <a title=\"The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/\">Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest in a series of reports about the Millennial Generation, from Pew Social and Demo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_crdt_document":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[],"multiSectionReport":[],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[]},"categories":[29,275,45,305,58,274,290,206],"tags":[2299,2245],"bylines":[],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[465],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[],"research-teams":[526],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-95825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-generations-age","category-digital-news-landscape-2","category-election-2010","category-platforms-services","category-politics-media-2","category-politics-online","category-teens-tech","category-teens-youth","tag-generations","tag-teens","formats-presentation","research-teams-internet"],"label":false,"post_parent":0,"word_count":342,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2010\/02\/24\/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change-2\/","art_direction":false,"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[],"report_materials":"","report_pagination":{"current_post":null,"next_post":null,"previous_post":null,"pagination_items":[]},"parent_info":{"parent_title":"Millennials: Confident. 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