Generation Jones
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| American Generations | |
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| Term | Period |
| Awakening Generation | 1701–1723 |
| First Great Awakening | 1730–1740 |
| Liberty Generation Republican Generation Compromise Generation | 1724–1741 1742–1766 1767–1791 |
| Second Great Awakening | 1790–1840 |
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| Jazz Age aka American High | 1929–1956 |
| Silent Generation Baby boomer>Baby Boomers Beat Generation Generation Jones | 1925–1945 1946–1964 1948–1962 1954–1965 |
| Consciousness Revolution | 1964–1984 |
| Baby Busters Generation X MTV Generation | 1958–1968 1961–1981 1975–1985 |
| Culture Wars | 1984–2005 |
| Boomerang Generation Generation Y Internet generation New Silent Generation | 1981–1986 1977–2003 1986–1999 2001– |
Generation Jones, according to American social scientist Jonathan Pontell (born 1958), consists of those Americans born between the years 1954 and 1965 (inclusive). The word "Jones" is apparently used in this context because in the 1970s it was a popular slang term used to refer to a "yearning" or "desire" (in this case, a yearning or desire to be recognized as an integral demographic entity).
After conducting extensive research on the subject, Pontell went public with his findings in 1997, coining the name "Generation Jones" in addition to citing evidence of its existence. His ideas caught on[[Citing sources citation needed]], and his generally well-received[[Citing sources citation needed]] articles on the subject have been frequently published in newspapers and magazines since that time. Pontell has also been featured on many radio and television talk shows, and has done much public speaking on the topic, often in corporate settings.
The first birth year of 1954 for the generation would appear to be based upon the fact that American males born in that year could not possibly have been drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, this being the first birth cohort since that of 1939 of which this was true. The last birth year, 1965, was arrived at by analyzing polling data of various origins.
In Pontell's generational schematic, members of Generation Jones — popularly[[Citing sources citation needed]] referred to as "Jonesers" — hold a basic worldview that is intermediate between those held by the older Baby Boomers and the younger Generation Xers. This may be due to the fact that the vast majority of Jonesers had the Silent Generation as parents, whereas the Baby Boomers were predominantly the offspring of the "World War II" or G.I. Generation, and the Baby Boomers themselves are the primary parents of Generation Xers.
Many professional demographers, however, do not consider Generation Jones to be a stand-alone generation, preferring instead to classify those born during its years as a younger subset of the Baby Boomers, sometimes using the label "Late Boomers".
Exit polls taken at the 2004 U.S. Presidential election suggest that Generation Jones-aged voters were more likely to support the incumbent, and winning, candidate — George W. Bush — than any other age group, older or younger. Bush's support among female Generation Jones voters was seen as particularly noteworthy.
The concept of Generation Jones has also gained a considerable following[[Citing sources citation needed]] in the United Kingdom, albeit commencing more recently than in the United States.
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