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Millennials, The age of instant fame


Millennials, also known as Generation Y of Gen Y, are people born between 1980 to 2000. The group consists mostly of teens and people in their twenties. They are the biggest age group in current civilization. Since they grew up in a time when social media and digital technology have been integrated into almost all aspects combining massive globalization, social media, exporting of culture, and speed of change, they are fame-obsessed.


On the negative side, they are described as lazy, narcissistic, and prone to jump from job to job. Being rewarded for minimal accomplishments, they have unrealistic expectations of working life. Reasonably, they are simply adapting quickly to a world undergoing rapid technological change.


The trend now is that millennials are more focused on extrinsic values such as money, fame, and image rather than focusing on intrinsic values like self-acceptance, group affiliation, and community. 


Millennials’ obsession with fame is an increasing and disturbing trend, some reports say that millennials would rather be famous than pursue a career in law or medicine. This desire and determination to be famous are hyped and influenced by social media.

On social media young people can find, see, and are influenced by various social media channels. With an uncountable number of bloggers, vloggers, and influencers, it creates a mindset in this group that they too could achieve social media fame. They believe that the more followers, likes, or hits you get on social media, the more desirable you become. There are thousands of websites where you can now buy followers in bulk becoming a market for people who want to be famous and popular.


For some young people, fame comes, literally, overnight and others relate themselves believing that instant fame has an impact on a generation and makes them desirable leading to domination of immediate gratification.


Reality and celebrity culture also sends the wrong message to youth in both their body image and what it takes to succeed. And millions of youths are blindly influenced by their status and want to achieve it without realizing the reality of what is more meaningful and fulfilling than fame.


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