Youth Cultures

Question 1

What does youthquake mean?

Answer 1

Youthquake: a significant cultural, political or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people

Question 2

How much has smartphone ownership increased among 13-18 year olds?

Answer 2

67%-84% in 2015

Question 3

What are different types of media youth engage in and what do they offer?

Answer 3

Media plays an important part in young people’s lives

→TV shows, music, video games, websites, social networks

→all offer a stream of different experiences, ideas, and knowledge

Question 4

How many hours of media and communication activity do teens engage in?

Answer 4

Cramming 13 hours’ worth of media and communication activity into daily routines

Question 5

How is youth a social construct?

Answer 5

Youth = social construct (not a built in period in life course) an age category created through interaction of social, economic, and political forces

Question 6

What did the Baby Boom create?

Answer 6

Baby Boom ensured a flourishing youth population throughout the 50s, 60s, and 70s, while consumer industries expanded, labor markets buoyant levels of youth employment and boosted young people’s spending power

Question 7

What influenced the tastes and style of teens?

Answer 7

There’s a huge influence of socio-economic structures on young people’s experiences : teenagers’ tastes in pop music and style were influenced by their class background

Question 8

Define generation

Answer 8

a ‘generation’ is a cohort of individuals born within a particular time frame, naturally emerge as years go by, actively created through processes of historical change

Question 9

Define habitus

Answer 9

Habitus: their characteristic tastes, attitudes, and lifestyles (generations)