Synopsis
Generation Z has emerged as a disruptive force, reshaping global politics, culture, activism, identity, and education through their deep digital fluency. Leveraging tools like social media, livestreams, memes, and even large language models, they challenge traditional political structures and elite dominance through digital activism and leaderless movements, often sparking intergenerational tension. For Gen Z, online platforms function as new public spheres, spaces of political deliberation, collective identity, and personal autonomy that evade traditional state oversight. Their approach to education, work, and selfhood increasingly pushes institutions to rethink authority, pedagogy, identity, and belonging in the digital era. Generation Z in a Digitally Native World: Culture, Activism, and Identity critically explores how Generation Z negotiates digitality, activism, and belonging. This book presents interdisciplinary perspectives from education, cultural studies, media, and sociology to examine how digital nativity redefines learning, political participation, and identity formation in the 21st century. Covering topics such as short-form videos, hyperconnectivity, and generational psychology, this book is an excellent academic resource for graduate and doctoral students, researchers, and practitioners interested in youth cultures, digital technologies, political science.
About the Author
Dr. Saad Boulahnane is an Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Human Sciences, Hassan I University in Settat, Morocco. He served as the Coordinator of the Department of Transversal Skills and Foreign Languages (2023-2025). He teaches graduate courses, such as Framing Borderscapes, Visual Media, and Media Literacy and Cultural Critique, as well as a range of undergraduate courses in language, culture, and media studies. In 2024, Dr. Boulahnane served as a Visiting Scholar and Guest Lecturer at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA, where he delivered several public lectures and presentations on topics including Travel Writing, English Literature, Orientalism, Occidentalism, and French Literature, as well as sessions on ESL and teaching methodologies. Dr. Boulahnane is a Fulbright Alumnus (2014-2015), having served as a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) at Colorado State University.
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