Alicia Vellante

Alicia Vellante is a contributor to SiliconANGLE.com writing about social issues from a millennial's perspective. She's a full time student at Union College in New York studying Psychology, Law and French.

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The new age for political involvement: Millennials vote less, but act more

The verdict is in: Millennials are not voting as much as prior generations and they are not voting nearly as much as some pundits believe they should be. Political writer Philip Bump and other analysts are coming to the conclusion that any campaign relying on millennials will not succeed. This upcoming generation has even been ...

The millennial impact on healthcare tech: Convenience rules

Millennials’ unique exposure to technology provides them new and different views on health than previous generations. Millennials may have the greatest interest in digital health initiatives, which align with the current advances in telehealth, the use of telecommunications technologies supporting long-distance health care. With telehealth, physicians can diagnose and prescribe necessary medicines without physically having ...

The future of work from a Millennial’s perspective

What does the workplace look like for incoming millennials? Millennials, those born after 1980, are starting to enter the working world in earnest. What type of employers they are seeking, what is the nature of the jobs for which they are applying, and what expectations do they have entering the workplace? In other words, what ...

Is old school journalism dead for millennials?

Back in March of 2007, an article surfaced titled, “Journalism Is Not Dead, But Newspapers Are Dying.” In 2007, the year that debuted the first generation iPhone, the digital transformation was well on its way, though not nearly as advanced as it is today. Even so, predicting the slow death of newspapers was not a ...

Self-driving cars: The good, bad and unknown

The automobile is one of the most prominent and recognizable symbols of freedom, independence, and responsibility in the world. One major reason that turning sixteen in the United States is so highly anticipated is because it marks the age at which most kids become eligible to legally drive a car. Today’s Millennials are no exception ...

Snapchat, a precarious obsession

Why are we so obsessed with Snapchat (Snapchat, Inc.), and are there risks to our obsession? Unfortunately, humans are all a little narcissistic — we love to talk about ourselves and compare our lives, often competitively, with our peers. So when given the opportunity to use an application that promotes taking of “selfies” and encourages ...

Growing up with Facebook: A millennial’s perspective on internet privacy

Today’s young adults, born after or around 1995, have most likely never seen a day without some form of social technology. Social media platforms such as Facebook have been available since 2004, meaning today’s millennials have had access since they were still in grade school, quite literally growing up with Facebook. One would think with ...