Grace Baumann Dr. Dietel-McLaughlin Writing and Rhetoric 13300 20 March 2014 Ab tract !n thi re earch "a"er# !

"lan on e$"loring ho% the dating culture o& the millennial generation directl' correlate to the tereot'"ical claim urrounding the modern da' millennial( them el)e . *he culture o& dating and e tabli hing romantic relation hi" ha changed dramaticall' in the more recent 'ear o& the 21 t centur'. *hrough the creation o& ocial net%or+ing %eb ite and the e tabli hment o& online dating# the conce"t o& dating ha made a ma,or tran ition. *he da' o& meeting 'our &uture "ou e or "artner through a real li&e "h' ical interaction increa ingl' eem to be a thing o& the "a t. Dating ha ta+en on a ne% medium in an online %orld urrounded b' "ro&ile "age # tatu u"date # &a)orite # matche and &riend re-ue t . Ma+ing a connection %ith a ne% "er on no longer mean being a%+%ardl' introduced to 'our mother be t &riend on. Ma+ing a connection no% re&er to &inding a match on the *inder a"" or on ,oingrou"er.com. With the ne% creen culture o& the 21 t centur' come the ri e o& the .Millennial Generation/. Born bet%een the 'ear 1010 and 2000# thi narci i tic generation i dominating the dating cene and in&luencing the de)elo"ment o& relation hi" on a igni&icant cale. A a re ult o& the ri e o& thi ne% generation come the long li t o& tereot'"e and claim urrounding the millennial . *he "ur"o e o& m' re earch i to argue the clo e relation hi" bet%een the e millennial tereot'"e and the recent de)elo"ment in the culture o& dating. ! ho"e to e$"lore the e claim about the generation al o re&erred to a .Generation 2/ or .Generation Me/ 3Walton 20104 and "re ent the trong imilaritie to modern da' dating culture. M' intended audience &or thi re earch "a"er include tho e both included and not included in the Millennial Generation. ! ho"e to con truct an argument that a""eal to millennial %ho are currentl' in or "lanning on oon entering the dating cene. !n addition# m' "a"er %ill be intended &or older generation # uch a the Bab' Boomer # %ho ha)e con tructed man' o& the claim about the millennial 3R'an 20144. Man' tudie and "a"er ha)e been %ritten di cu ing the ne% de)elo"ment in the culture o& dating. Additionall'# lot o& re earch ha been conducted e$"loring the tereot'"e o& the millennial generation and more "eci&icall'# %hether there i truth behind the e claim 3W. 5g 20104. !t ha been %idel' ac+no%ledged and acce"ted that one ma,or characteri tic o& Generation 2 i that it i greatl' dri)en b' a creen culture. 6o%e)er# little re earch e$i t e$"loring the trong correlation bet%een online dating and the characteri tic o& the millennial generation. ! intend to e$tend the t%o inde"endent argument about dating culture and the millennial generation b' relating the t%o and dra%ing conclu ion about their imilaritie .