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Ignite DC #8

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Understanding Gen X and the Millennials through Popular Culture

Three manifestations of popular culture provide the study in contrasts that help us understand the differences between the Gen X and Millennial worldview: Superhero movies, Star Trek series, and popular music. Gadi Ben-Yehuda applies a phenomenological lens to multimedia texts, and manages to squeeze in Spider Man, Captains Janeway and Sisko, Alanis Morissette and Brittany Spears, into a five minute discourse on what our popular culture reveals about our perspectives and expectations.

About Gadi Ben-Yehuda:

Gadi Ben-Yehuda is a reformed academic, practicing poet, and professional social media director for a tiny think tank within a large corporation. He has written for Al Gore and received a personal email from Maya Angelou. In 2002, he lived in MD, DC, and VA, worked for two employers, wrote articles for a national magazine as a freelancer, and appeared on Jeopardy!, necessitating the most complicated tax returns ever.