Bland Australian youth growing up as the ‘info-besity generation’
Australian youths are growing up insipid and shallow, passively using technology to keep up with what is going on without getting deeply involved in anything, a new study suggests.
The research, carried out by youth-focused media owner Sound Alliance – suggested that the average young Aussie looks up to their parents and dreams of little more than a home, a nice job and a holiday to somewhere safe like New York or Europe.
The study covered 1,908 young Australians. The kind of words that were most used by those surveyed to describe their own lives were “respectful” and “planned”.
The way they are consuming media is also changing, with social media reducing the impact of major world events on people’s lives.
Interesting article. I think there’s something in this sense of captivity that youth feel. It’s like a version of Stockholm Sydnrome where the captor is a benign economy.
I also like Info-besity, however if they’re not actually digesting any of the information, how does it work then? Great regardless, especially as I had a visual of 20-somethings going all Violet Beauregard on hollow information.
A good edit might give this a little more credibility. Right now the smattering of typos make it seem like nothing more than the angry blogging of a 40-something, cranky about “how good those youngsters have it”.
How do you define “youth”? Age groups?? There’s a big difference between current teenagers and what we traditionally referred to as Gen Y in my experience.
An ironically glib analysis of millions of people.
Young people are shit. And I say that because one of them is now my boss.
Generation Buzzfeed
Oh great. Lots of excellent new music to look forward to then.
To be fair, where have all the rebels gone full-stop? Most businesses these days are full of lackeys who don’t say ‘boo’ for upsetting the share-price. Good employees are indoctrinated into the company thinking and then agree to everything to show career advancement, make more money and pay of their hideously oversized mortgages. The last thing many firms want these days (and I’m not just talking media) is anyone rocking the boat for heaven’s sake….
So Aussie youth are apathetic because they “are in a generally stable economy”, with “an ineffective government, a dull opposition, banks that actually have money in them and nothing much to worry about.” An “ineffective government”? I can’t speak for them, but if my government was ineffective I’d see that as a reason to worry. (And how could we still have a stable economy?)
Another typo? Or a Freudian slip from someone who plans to vote for the other guys?
I can only say that my Internet / Info and Facebook mad Son must be the exception then. He is actively involved in his Community, was in Leo’s (young Lions) at School, is participating in YMCA Youth Parliament for the 3rd year running and I could go on. My daughter has similar leanings.
I agree that I have seen any kids as described in the article, but I have seen just as many like my kids. Perhaps the real issue is the sheer volume of information they have to deal with and some of the predicted outcomes for their future on our planet.
Also to think they don’t discuss issues in depth is wrong – they use social media to do just that!
EVERY generation has both passive and active youth. How about we check our own example first – I have watched so many of my generation strive for nothing more than a McMansion, Boat and 2 cars (I’m a Dad in my late 40’s)
Cheers!