Generation
Z’s profound influence in the virtual world that extends to the real world
continues to amaze us throughout the latest crisis in the Gaza Strip. Their
powerful political arguments spread across the online space are making them a
soft force that is difficult to ignore in shaping our worlds social, cultural,
and political future.
اضافة اعلان
The
term Generation Z refers to those born in the year 2000, who were born in light
of internet technology and smartphones. They have a strong presence on various
social media platforms, and create content worth following and publishing,
because of the important issues it contains, which address our society’s issues
with unparalleled professionalism and enjoyability.
It is customary to classify generations into
several periods. The period before 1960 is called the “Boomers” generation,
which followed World War II. This generation was concerned with the family,
focused on increasing births, and could follow hot issues from reading papers,
or from listening to radio stations. This generation is considered an educated,
diligent generation, and self-reliant in paving the way to success and
excellence. Some classify two generations that preceded this period: the
(Greatest) generation from 1901 to 1927, and the (Silent) generation from 1928.
Until 1945.
But Generation Z was able, with great professionalism and without fabrication, to address the human feelings of millions of people around the world, and to reveal the state of Western ambivalence in a few seconds and in a simple, objective, and poignant way, leaving it to the human conscience to judge a painful reality experienced by the weak, the poor, and the oppressed-on earth, in Palestine.
The
period of the second generation extended from the beginning of 1960 to the end
of 1979. It is called Generation X, with the flexibility to accept new
developments, and willingness to adapt relatively.
The
period of third generation began from 1980 to 1999 and is called Generation Y.
This generation witnessed a relative increase in the use of digital technology
and social interaction via the internet and has a pressing desire for balance
between work and personal life. This generation shares with Generation (X) In
his qualitative ability and high flexibility in adopting what is new, but is
completely different from the Boomers generation in his understanding of
independence and self-reliance, and is hostile to routine and tends toward
innovation.
Now
through their unique pioneering spirit Gen Z is is paving the way for their
successor known as the "Alph" generation which began post-2013.
Growing up amid significant influences of technology, digital media, global
communication, artificial intelligence, and advanced automation, this
generation marks a distinctive era.
Gen Z to Arab nations
Whether
commenting on the downtrodden eastern milieu, or the Western environment
hostile to everything Arab and Islamic, through the extensive use of digital
means (Snap Chat, Instagram, and TikTok) Gen Z is presenting an image different
from the often unfair and incomplete narrative presented by Western media.
It
is worth noting here that a realistic generation like Generation (Z) was born,
raised, and lived in a Western environment, understands Western culture well,
is fluent in the local language, and can intelligently address the Western
audience with short, logical words accompanied by real video clips, to convey a
single image and a set of facts that would not have reached them.
Their powerful political arguments spread across the online space are making them a soft force that is difficult to ignore in shaping our worlds social, cultural, and political future.
The
bloody events in Gaza have proven to be an opportunity to expose the dark image
of the occupation, the double standards of Western leadership’s policy towards
human rights and freedom of expression, and the malicious role of some media
outlets.
Social
media users widely circulated a video clip, exceeding a minute, showing the US
National Security spokesman, John Kirby, lamenting over the deaths of innocent
Ukrainians due to the Russian attack, denouncing any Russian interest in its
war on Ukraine, and completely ignoring any defensive justifications for waging
this war in exchange for the fall of innocent people. However, in the similar
images concerning Gaza, he talks about justifying the brutal Israeli attacks,
describing them as Israel’s full right to self-defense at any cost, and his
eyes do not shed tears, nor does he swallow his saliva in grief for the
innocent women, children and men, nor for the extent of the destruction. The
question here is; how will the Western public read these contradictions, and
how will they understand their dual meanings and justifications if human
feelings are the same, innocent blood is the same, and the brutal machine of
destruction is the same?
The
answer lies in the use of harmonious double standards and the Western vision of
events, governed by interests only, and not by the values of justice, mercy,
and human rights. Rights and morals have no meaning in the face of the
political, economic, and military interests of the superpowers at all. Even the
United Nations and international institutions have been unable to present their
global vision to Western media.
But
Generation Z was able, with great professionalism and without fabrication, to
address the human feelings of millions of people around the world, and to
reveal the state of Western ambivalence in a few seconds and in a simple,
objective, and poignant way, leaving it to the human conscience to judge a
painful reality experienced by the weak, the poor, and the oppressed-on earth,
in Palestine.
Generation
Z is capable, in an effective way, of educating the Western public by creating
objective content to convey information, to reach the minds and consciences of
humanity, and marginalizing the biased official Western narrative. They do this
through various social networking sites, in calling for the establishment of
broad digital solidarity campaigns, and stimulating human interaction with
issues.
The
importance of this role lies in creating a global humanitarian impact that can
create strong popular pressure towards stopping war and destruction and
reconsidering blind support for the occupier. The use of podcasts (audio
content) in several languages helps in spreading awareness accurately and
responsibly for a broader, deeper, and more comprehensive global popular
understanding of the reality of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, its
repercussions on the region, and the unlimited Western support for the Israeli
occupier, revealing the facts, and overturning misconceptions.
Jehad Y. Al-Qdeimat is an HR Director
for Several Companies in Jordan & the GCC., He is a PhD. Dissertation
Researcher in Business Management.
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