Artículo de Jean Twangy en The Atlantic aviva la discusión.

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Jean Twangy's 2017 article in The Atlantic sparked a national discussion by highlighting the sudden and significant shifts in teen behavior and emotional states starting around 2012, particularly within Generation Z. Twangy, an expert in studying generational differences, noted that the defining characteristics of a generation usually appear gradually, but with Gen Z, there were abrupt changes. She observed the disappearance of many distinctive characteristics of the millennial generation and expressed surprise at the unprecedented nature of these shifts, which she had not seen in generational data reaching back to the 1930s. Twangy made the connection between these changes and the advent of smartphones, suggesting a possible correlation.

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