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is a generation which, consequently established an important relationship with electronic media.

the generation which, consequently, established an important relationship with electronic media.

is a smaller demographic group due to the birth control pill (introduced in the early 60s) and a more ethnically and culturally diverse cohort owing to increased immigration.

Generation X is a relatively smaller demographic cohort 'sandwiched' between two larger demographic cohorts, the Baby Boomers and the Millennials, although debate regarding exact date range defining makes it difficult to precisely define this cohort's relative size. The birth control pill, which was introduced in the early 1960s, was a contributing factor to the declining birth rates seen in this generation. In the United States, increased immigration partially offset declining birth rates and contributed to making Generation X an ethnically and culturally diverse demographic cohort.[2][28]

is also called the 'latchkey generation' since they often lacked adult supervision in the hours between the end of the school day and when a parent returned home from work in the evening, and for longer periods of time during the summer.

The time period of the Gen X childhood saw an increase in latchkey children, leading to the terminology of the 'latchkey generation' for Generation X.[44][45] These latchkey children lacked adult supervision in the hours between the end of the school day and when a parent returned home from work in the evening, and for longer periods of time during the summer. Latchkey children became common among all socioeconomic demographics, but were particularly common among middle and upper class children. The higher the educational attainment of the parents, the higher the odds the children of this time would be latchkey children, due to increased maternal participation in the workforce at a time before childcare options outside the home were widely available.[45][46][47][48][49][50] McCrindle Research Center described the cohort as 'the first to grow up without a large adult presence, with both parents working', stating this led to Gen Xers being more peer-oriented than previous generations.[41]

is any of the 46 million people born between 1965 and 1980, with half as many members as the baby boomers and the millennials on either side, making a dark-horse demographic 'condemned by numbers alone to nicheville.

Sandwiched between 80 million baby boomers and 78 million millennials, Generation X roughly defined as anyone born between 1965 and 1980 has just 46 million members, making it a dark-horse demographic 'condemned by numbers alone to nicheville,' as Gordinier puts it in the book.

is characterized by a decreased emphasis on the 1950s-era focus on children ('the cult of the child') to a 197os-era focus on adults ('culture of the adult).

Strauss wrote that society 'moved from what Leslie Fiedler called a 1950s-era 'cult of the child' to what Landon Jones called a 1970s-era 'cult of the adult'.'

is defined by the experience of being truly children of the media, possessing an interactive, interpersonal sensibility about technology more than a passive attitude of consumption.

Rushkoff argues that Generation X is defined by the experience of being truly children of the media. GenXers have an interactive, interpersonal sensibility about technology more than a passive attitude of consumption. The American mediascape 'is more than a mirror of our culture... it is our culture' (1994a, p. 20).

is a generation whose 'x', having been attributed around the time of the 1992 malcolm x film, refers to an unknown variable or to a desire not to be defined.

Demographer William Strauss observed that Coupland applied the term to older members of the cohort born between 1961-1964, who were sometimes told by demographers that they were baby boomers, but who did not feel like boomers. Strauss also noted that around the time Coupland's 1991 novel was published the symbol 'X' was prominent in popular culture, as the film Malcolm X was released in 1992, and that the name 'Generation X' ended up sticking. The 'X' refers to an unknown variable or to a desire not to be defined.

is a generation whereby the American mediascape is more than a mirror of their culture... it is their culture.

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