Essentials for the modern youth.

1. Globalisation& Youth Culture
New Creation in Christ
Dr Premanand M E
Malabar Christian College
Calicut
www.premclt.com

3. 1.Youth of today are exposed to
many external factors
2.Family values are slowly eroding
3.Pocket money is on the rise
4.Consumerism has replaced
Spirituality
5.Technology is moving from
boardrooms to bedrooms

4. Youth of today are exposed to many external factors
Smoking - Drugs
Fast paced life
Diminishing family values
Nuclear family concept
Ageing parents

5. Family values are slowly eroding
• Families becoming smaller
• Dissent within families
• Same sex marriages on the rise
• Seeking solace with Avatars

6. Technology is moving from boardrooms
to bedrooms
• Instant communication possible – instant gratification required
• Age old diseases like plague, cholera eradicated , new mutants
evolving
• Loneliness on the rise
• Companionship with unknowns increasing
• Less reliance to God and more on Technology

7. Technology is moving from boardrooms to
bedrooms
• E-prayers, RSS feeds for daily readings, scripture in tablet
form
• Videocasts, Podcasts that substitute for real devotion and
prayer
• Social networking bots, Likes, Forwards,
• Spams, Amen indicators, Threatening messages
• Convergence of Media
• Digital divide

8. Pocket money is on the rise
• Tend to spend more with less
• Instalment generation
• Online trading, gambling, gaming
• Surge pricing
• Less savings, more prudence required

9. Consumerism has replaced Spirituality
Less of prayer time, more of entertainment
Less of reading, more on gaming and WhatsApping
Sundays – day of rest has been allocated to finishing backlogs
Church going has been replaced with
Catching up with sleep, finishing deadlines