Understanding Teen Culture
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This presentation was for a workshop on Understanding Teen Culture at Good Book Company's Growing Young Disciples day conference in November 2009. The recording of this workshop may be available from www.thegoodbook.co.uk
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Understanding Teen Culture
- 1. Undnding yo cu Monday, 23 November 2009
- 2. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 3. To what extent do you think that the young people you work with don’t really ? know what kind of people they are? Monday, 23 November 2009
- 4. What do you think are the most significant ? aspects of youth culture? Monday, 23 November 2009
- 5. 5 ‘S’s Monday, 23 November 2009
- 6. 6 Monday, 23 November 2009
- 7. fast food Monday, 23 November 2009
- 8. instant solutions Monday, 23 November 2009
- 9. rapid results Monday, 23 November 2009
- 10. instant satisfaction Monday, 23 November 2009
- 11. entertainment on tap Monday, 23 November 2009
- 12. love at first sight Monday, 23 November 2009
- 13. 13 Monday, 23 November 2009
- 14. major leisure activity Monday, 23 November 2009
- 15. unlimited choice Monday, 23 November 2009
- 16. off-the-shelf creativity Monday, 23 November 2009
- 17. defining ourselves by what we buy Monday, 23 November 2009
- 18. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 19. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 20. I can do what I want Monday, 23 November 2009
- 21. I can be who I want Monday, 23 November 2009
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- 26. What are the implications of these aspects ? of culture for working with teens? Monday, 23 November 2009
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- 33. Monday, 23 November 2009 media
- 34. torrent Monday, 23 November 2009
- 35. media Monday, 23 November 2009
- 36. film Monday, 23 November 2009
- 37. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 38. tv Monday, 23 November 2009
- 39. 17 hours a week 39 Monday, 23 November 2009
- 40. web Monday, 23 November 2009
- 41. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 42. control Monday, 23 November 2009
- 43. convenience Monday, 23 November 2009
- 44. comfort Monday, 23 November 2009
- 45. creativity Monday, 23 November 2009
- 46. coolness Monday, 23 November 2009
- 47. web 2.0 Monday, 23 November 2009
- 48. youtube Monday, 23 November 2009
- 49. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 50. facebook Monday, 23 November 2009
- 51. twitter Monday, 23 November 2009
- 52. nomadicity Monday, 23 November 2009
- 53. It is an omnivorous freedom, freedom to behold, to seek distraction, to seek distraction from distraction . . . to enjoy one’s rootlessness, to relish the evanescent. Todd Gitlin Monday, 23 November 2009
- 54. fun Monday, 23 November 2009
- 55. stimulation Monday, 23 November 2009
- 56. feelings Monday, 23 November 2009
- 57. The most important thing about the communications we live among is that . . . they saturate our way of life with a promise of feeling. Todd Gitlin Media Unlimited (2002) Monday, 23 November 2009
- 58. satisfaction Monday, 23 November 2009
- 59. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 60. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 61. Themedia shape our reality Monday, 23 November 2009
- 62. ‘the frantic desire for the almost real’ Umberto Eco Monday, 23 November 2009
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- 64. • give us images to aspire to 64 Monday, 23 November 2009
- 65. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 66. What are the implications of this for working with young people? ? What can we do to help them? Monday, 23 November 2009
- 67. 5 dimsions ink abo Monday, 23 November 2009
- 68. Emotions Monday, 23 November 2009
- 69. Aesthetics Monday, 23 November 2009
- 70. Tra n sce e nd o p en H ce Beauty Monday, 23 November 2009
- 71. morality 71 Monday, 23 November 2009
- 72. beliefs Monday, 23 November 2009
- 73. Worldviews Monday, 23 November 2009
- 74. Spirituality Monday, 23 November 2009
- 75. What am I being encouraged to What believe? values am I being encouraged to adopt? How am I being encouraged to live? What does the Bible say? Monday, 23 November 2009
- 76. www.damaris.org www.culturewatch.org www.tonywatkins.org tonywatkins_ tr.im/tonyfb Monday, 23 November 2009
- 77. r n? Monday, 23 November 2009
- 78. r God? Monday, 23 November 2009
- 79. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. . . . Love your neighbour as yourself. Mark 12:30–31, NIV Monday, 23 November 2009
- 80. No single piece of our mental world is to be hermetically sealed off from the rest, and there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: ‘Mine!’ Abraham Kuyper 80 Monday, 23 November 2009
- 81. Monday, 23 November 2009
- 82. osion Monday, 23 November 2009
- 83. Humans are God’s is re ! lt u f u l image-bearers Cu er wo nd Humans are rebels against God CULT URE I TERR S Monday, 23 November 2009 IBLE 83
- 84. Identifying points of contact Monday, 23 November 2009
- 85. Identifying points of tension Monday, 23 November 2009
- 86. Do not conform to the pattern of this world. (Romans 12:1) Monday, 23 November 2009
- 87. be real Monday, 23 November 2009
- 88. the pressure to conform Monday, 23 November 2009
- 89. expose Monday, 23 November 2009
- 90. wrong thinking Monday, 23 November 2009
- 91. encourage Monday, 23 November 2009
- 92. Christian thinking Monday, 23 November 2009
- 93. Christian values Monday, 23 November 2009
- 94. prepare Monday, 23 November 2009
- 95. for engaging the world Monday, 23 November 2009
- 96. www.damaris.org www.culturewatch.org www.tonywatkins.org tonywatkins_ tr.im/tonyfb Monday, 23 November 2009
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Editor's Notes
- [twitter]Workshop 1: Understanding Teen Culture starting. Join in the conversation using #gyd hashtag[/twitter]
- What goes on in the minds of young people? >> Juno
- Not sure what kind of girl I am >>discuss
- [2/3 responses in whole group]
- Small groups 3/4: list 5 top aspects; no time to unpack them >> 5 Ss of culture
- [twitter]4 ‘S’s of today’s culture: speed, shopping, self, success, stimulation[/twitter] >> speed
- >> fast food
- >> instant solutions
- >> rapid results
- >> instant satisfaction
- >> entertainment on tap
- >> love at first sight
- >> 2nd S: shopping
- >> major leisure activity
- >> unlimited choice
- >> off-the-shelf creativity
- >> defining ourselves by what we buy
- >> all revolves around money; one of biggest idols
- >> 3rd S: self
- >> I can do what I want
- >> I can be who I want
- >> ghd styler ad
- >> drive for reinvention, yet people still need to hide behind masks
- In fact, reinvention just gives us more masks to hide behind >> 4th S: success
- Huge pressure on teens to succeed Some rise to it; >> some are ground down by it
- some are ground down by it
- others are alienated and kick against it > discussion
- [twitter]What are the implications for young people of a culture which is focused on instant satisfaction, consumerism and self-centredness?[/twitter] >> 5th S: stimulation
- Media matter. If we understand them properly they shed significant light on how our world works >> gaming
- >> partying
- >> excitement
- >> gambling
- mostly online gambling (current storyline in Hollyoaks) >>drugs
- >> media
- Media matter. If we understand them properly they shed significant light on how our world works >> media torrent
- >> we love media
- >> most powerful of media is film
- Most powerful medium >> esp in cinema
- esp in cinema; even on DVD films often have a power tv rarely achieves >>but we love tv too
- Film may be most powerful medium but >> TV is most prevalent
- 16h 41 mins in 2002; 2h 23 min per day Children in multichannel households watch 28% more than in terrestrial only >> now being overtaken by web technologies
- Web-based media rapidly becoming dominant >>internet
- >> technology gives us control
- >> technology gives us convenience
- >> technology gives us comfort
- >> technology opens up new opportunities for creativity
- >> technology gives us coolness
- >> massive rise in internet engagement due to web 2.0
- >> youtube
- If youtube was a country would be 3rd biggest [twitter]YouTube serves over billion views/day =11,574 views/sec; 694,444 views/min; 41,666,667 views/hr. http://is.gd/500Fs[/twitter] >> 40% of web users upload video
- of web users have uploaded photos and videos to sites such as Facebook and YouTube in the last year(source: Office for National Statistics, 2009) >> facebook
- more than billion pics uploaded every month Now #3 video site behind youtube and hulu >> twitter
- in the past 30 days, 17% of Twitter users (vs. 12% of non-Twitter social media users) have accessed social media from a washroom or toilet Not been big among teenagers, but signs that beginning to change: 12-17 and 18-24 year old segments are fastest growing >>nomadicity
- (Leonard Kleinrock, UCLA) - techno-nomads >> Gitlin quote
- Paradox is that technonomads are also freely accessible to other people’s wills. [twitter]Media give freedom 'to behold, to seek distraction, . . . to enjoy one’s rootlessness, to relish the evanescent.' (Todd Gitlin)[/twitter] >> looking for fun
- >> stimulation
- >> looking for feelings
- media invite us to cross a gap from the image here to what was/is/might be there >> Gitlin quote: ‘most important thing . . .
- [twitter]Most important thing about the communications we live among is...they saturate our way of life with a promise of feeling.Todd Gitlin[/twitter] >> looking for satisfaction
- >> huge dangers in media engagement
- >> Media claim to be reflecting reality, but distorted and we don’t realise because we’re so controlled by it
- media feed us illusions >> media shapes reality
- >> Eco: frantic desire for almost real
- >> media give us almost real
- We expect what we see to be lifelike and plausible, even if fictional craving for disposable feelings >> images to aspire to
- >> Hollyoaks credits
- C4 Weekdays 6.30pm; E4 Weekdays 4.25pm, 7pm; C4+1 Weekdays 7.30pm Omnibus: E4 Saturday 2.30pm; C4 Sunday 10am >> discuss
- >>5 dimensions to think about
- >> emotions
- >> aesthetics
- >> importance of beauty
- >> beliefs
- >> = worldviews
- >> w/v questions [skipped] >> spirituality
- >> spirituality
- >> spirituality questions
- >> END - contacts OR GO TO 77 >> can we help young people to see life, and media, as more than just fun?
- >> END - contacts OR GO TO 77 >> can we help young people to see life, and media, as more than just fun?
- >> END - contacts OR GO TO 77 >> can we help young people to see life, and media, as more than just fun?
- >> END - contacts OR GO TO 77 >> can we help young people to see life, and media, as more than just fun?
- can we help young people to see life, and media, as more than just fun? Do we just think of movies as being just for fun? just for our entertainment? >>can it be for God?
- Or as something which can be for God? >> Greatest commandment
- >>Kuyper
- [twitter]'not a square inch in the whole domain of human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: "Mine!"' Kuyper[/twitter] >> we become what we behold
- Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, reprint 1994), p 45 - referring to Psalm 115 >> erosion
- Like water dripping on or sloshing over rock constantly, the barrage of unchristian or subchristian messages in society can erode our convictions >> 2 faces of reality
- >> points of contact
- >> points of contact
- >> points of contact
- >> points of contact
- >> points of tension
- >> Rom. 12
- One of the big challenges in discipleship >> Be real
- Being real about . . . >> the pressure to conform
- Showing examples of pressures on screen helps to earth them. Good discussion starters, esp. in small groups Related to this is . . . >> need to expose
- Media can be help us expose . . . >> false thinking
- Wrong ideas, wrong attitudes, wrong values Not false Christian ideas but ways in which we think and behave in a worldly way rather than in a Christian way >> we need to encourage . . .
- The flip side is that media can be used to encourage . . . >> Christian thinking
- Not just, don’t conform, but be transformed Seeing right thinking working out or seeing negative consequences of wrong thinking can encourage us in thinking rightly about life, the universe and everything >> christian values
- And it can encourage us to hold strongly to Christian values >> need to prepare
- More outward-directed benefit is that it can be used in training and preparing people for >> for engaging the world
- Engaging the world around us, for evangelism >> contacts