Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Platinum Generation of Indonesia

When the community was stunned by the presence of generation Y (MDGs), they are not aware of the emergence of a new generation of candidates who were born in the 21st century are more sophisticated than generation Y. They are Generation Platinum, which was born after the year 2000.
As to whether the characteristics, preferences, attitudes, aspirations? Factors and events that shape what beliefs and their behavior?
Psychologists from the University of Paramadina, Alzena Masykouri, told Reuters said that the generation that was born in the technological openness, openness ways of thinking, behaving openness, and availability of education are much better than the previous generations.
"Naming a Generation Platinum by world experts actually a term only, to distinguish it from the previous generation. Platinum itself refers to something that is luxurious and elegant," he said.
He said, at first, living generation called Baby Boomers. Generation was a group of people who lived after World War II, namely between 1946 and 1964. This generation of Baby Boomers named because the life span of this generation, an increase in the number of births in the world.
Children who are born in this generation is a class of people who got to know the television with a variety of different events, such as the Vietnam War, the assassination of John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Community group is familiar with the music, most of it is Rock n Roll, as a way to express the identity of their generation.
Further, born Generation X was born between 1965 and 1980. Children who are born in this generation grew up with video games and MTV, and spent his teenage years in the late 80s.
Teenagers generation X has characteristics, are less optimistic about the future, cynical, skeptical, no longer respect the values ​​and traditional institutions, and have no respect for their parents.
In the early 90's, Generation X media showing the physical as the generation who likes to wear a flannel shirt, a loner, a lot of body piercings, and prefer to work in a restaurant.
Generation Y, otherwise known as the Millennium Generation, growing along with the many events that changed the world, including the development of mass communications, and the internet.
The term Generation Y is given to children born from years 1981 to 1995. Teenagers who were born in this generation must feel the high cost of education than previous generations.
This generation tends demanding, impatient and bad at communicating with others. Survey ever conducted shows that this generation has the ability to spell and bad language.
Generation Y who have worked showed an indifferent attitude and constantly contradicted by the office. However, this generation should be commended for the energy and spirit of exceptional works.
Is the generation stop here? What about children who are born later, who was born with all the availability of infrastructure and technological progress?
"Yes, this generation of children Platinum. Generations Platinum is the term given to the children who were born in 2000 to the top or beginning of the 21st century," he said.
According Masykouri, if observed children born in 2000 has a unique character that is more expressive and explorative aligned with the direction of the times.
When observed, he said, children Generation Platinum has a high ability to access and accommodate information so they have more opportunities and open to develop themselves. Later, they can use their potential to survive. Even a man of quality and productive.
The previous generation already has a high level of technological literacy, but they are limited as users only. Generation Platinum are the ones who have the ability to work well as orientation so that it can act as producers, creators, or initiator.
"Surely this is not only for the technological aspects, but also in every aspect of life," he said.
However, Masykouri said, if the assessed children born in the 21st century is the result of `production` parents (born in the 70's), the generation that has had the desire to optimize their potential. Their parents are generally people who are highly educated.
As a result, the emergence of different generations can not be separated from the influence of parents who have open views, and more receptive to change, especially technology.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Universitas Indonesia (UI) Dr. Paul said that the separation of generation Wirutomo can not dipakemkan it encompasses many aspects such as social, economic, including information.
However, the development of generation can occur if there is a social phenomenon that plagues meaning no views from the small scope.
"The character of men in every generation do not differ much because people equipped with skills adaptasti. Generations but there is progress. Yang distinguish individuals in each generation is 'owned' life skills," said Paul Wirutomo.
The same thing was noted sociologist of UI Drs Johannes Frederik Warouw MA. He said that the natural occurrence at any age due to the generation of new value and the old value or the modification of both the value of it.
Each generation, he said, must have human characteristics are different because they are always dealing with a different outlook.
"The development is natural, but its existence should be supervised relating to value. Because, if not monitored may actually destroy the values ​​that already exist," he added. (*)

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