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'Youth instinctively understands the present environment - the electric drama. It lives it mythically and in depth. This is the reason for the great alienation between generations - Discuss.
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'Youth instinctively understands the present environment - the electric drama. It lives it mythically and in depth. This is the reason for the great alienation between generations. Wars, revolutions, civil uprisings are interfaces within the new environments created by electric informational media'. Marshall McLuhan (1967) The Medium is the Massage p. 9. Discuss in relation to new media today. In the contemporary world, young people have been the subjects or concern of an enormous amount of research which assumes that they constitute a separate and significant category from the adults. Sociologists have come to recognise "youth as a transitional period between dependence and independence" (Ewen, 1983, p. 23) as well as a period for reshaping values and exploring one's relationship with the outside world. Frith mentioned that 'youth' no longer describes a specific type of viewer but rather, describes an attitude and style of viewing behaviour (1993, p. 75). They...
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