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What defines Gen Y?/14Connectivity is meaningMembers of Gen Y place a high value on connections. In fact, a recent Cisco reportfound that more than half of students felt that they could not live without the Internet.From their earliest childhood, members of Gen Y have used technology and devices toconnect them with learning, knowledge, information, entertainment—and people.Just as many Ys were entering their high school years—when they were laying thefoundations of their peer-to-peer relationships—the Internet quite quickly transformedinto an environment of ‘user-generated content’ and individual expression.So, connectivity and self expression is what Ys expect. They are the ‘now’ generationand the ‘me’ generation because they can be—and it has made them more open, lessconcerned with privacy and often less likely to keep their opinions to themselves.As a digitally connected generation, Gen Y has also been afforded the luxuryof exploring diversity for much of their formative years. This understanding andappreciation of cultural difference and inclusion has exposed them to social issues anddiverse needs.