How Has the Proliferation of Smartphones and the Rise of Social

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Essay

How has the proliferation of smartphones and the rise of social media changed how boys and girls in low-income urban areas interact? What does the research conducted by urban sociologist Jeffrey Lane suggest?

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Definitions:

Baby Busters

A term used to refer to the generation born in the late 1960s to late 1970s, following the baby boomers and characterized by a decline in birth rates.

Generation X

A demographic cohort following the Baby Boomers and preceding Millennials, typically defined as being born from the early-to-mid 1960s to early 1980s.

Baby Boomers

The demographic group born during the post-World War II baby boom, approximately between the years 1946 and 1964.

Echo Boomers

Another term for Generation Y or Millennials, referring to the demographic echo of their baby boomer parents.