Comments on: Boomers . . . and How They Got That Way http://theboomerblues.com/147/boomers-and-how-they-got-that-way-5/ Dedicated to the spiritual strength and lunacy of boomers everywhere! Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:20:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GTF400 http://theboomerblues.com/147/boomers-and-how-they-got-that-way-5/comment-page-1/#comment-11 GTF400 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:05:16 +0000 http://theboomerblues.com/?p=147#comment-11 Interesting blog you've got here, Jim, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). Your reference to Elvis, for example will resonate for Boomers, but certainly not Jonesers. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report forecast the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way: DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Here is an op-ed in USA TODAY which underlines the important new role of GenJones: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm Interesting blog you’ve got here, Jim, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). Your reference to Elvis, for example will resonate for Boomers, but certainly not Jonesers.

Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press’ annual Trend Report forecast the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here’s a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965

Here is an op-ed in USA TODAY which underlines the important new role of GenJones:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm

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