State of the Union 2019: Social Networks

  • Millennials spend at least as much time with relatives or friends, and hanging out at bars, as preceding generations. 
  • This commitment to relatively high rates of face-to-face interaction continues even as millennials use social media at unprecedented rates. 
  • The millennial generation—unlike previous ones—has all but closed the digital divide between poor and nonpoor.

Reference Information

Author: 

Mario L. Small,
Maleah Fekete
Publisher: 
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
Publication Date: 
June 2019