Há uma geração iPod global?

«Abroad, the leading edge of a new Millennial generation, in most countries, probably has not yet reached its teens. (...) So even if the Millennial child era is arriving later in many countries, it has recently gained real force. (...) The only significant exception appears to be in the Islamic world, where World War II did not create similar generations, and whose cultural defenses are stronger. (...) In summary, global Millennials seem to be most concentrated in societies that share a fairly similar generational constellation: East Asia, China, all of Europe, Russia, and the more prosperous nations of Latin America. Their birth-year boundaries vary. American and Canadian teens are at the leading edge. In Britain and Australia, the Post-X generation seem s to be two or three years younger) and in the non-Englishspeaking developed world, several years younger still. (...) But today's global "tweeners" (born in the late '80s) and younger kids (born in the '90s) share tighter links - from their postCold War location in history to their more protective parental nurturing style to their elevated status in the national media» (Howe, 2000: 293-294)