The generation born primarily in the late 1980s and early 1990s is referred to by several different neologisms. Among these are the Internet generation, Internet generation riding technological wave into the future, Arizona Star (AP story) the iGeneration,The iGeneration In Depth. BBC News and the MySpace Generation.The MySpace Generation, BusinessWeek, 12 December 2005

The name "iGeneration" is based on the popular iPod music device. The term was popularised by MC Lars in his song "iGeneration", which was made into a music video.

This generation's use of the internet has changed through the first half of the 2000's and includes the use of new innovations in internet communication such as MySpace, YouTube, Ifilm, and the ever-growing use of Internet Forums and Imageboards.

Other terms that have been used in conjunction with this generation include:

• MyPod Generation (from the fusion of "Myspace" and "iPod")
• N-Gen
• Generation D (for "Digital")
• Loli-boomershttp://www.loliboom.co.uk/
• Generation M The new needs of "Generation M" hit the Belgian market (2002 report)
• MillennialsWatching the Watchers, Newsweek, 17 July 2006

The demographic term refers to a group of people who spent their formative years in an age of the birth and rise of the Internet.

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