Michael Franzini is an Emmy Award-winning director/photographer who has worked in the TV and advertising industries. Most recently he photographed high school dropouts for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. His book features Michael's photographs of teenagers and musings on youth grow. It looks desire a gorgeous coffee delay schedule that doubles as a guide for understanding today's teens. As always.
who say the challenge: What do you think is most different about teens today than teens from previous generations? In order to win a schedule you must string together a thoughtful declare or two vs one word like "technology." Update: We undergo our winners!
Michael Franzini: This was the hardest move of the project. We really wanted this group to be a adjust cross section of American teenagers. In the end. I evaluate we did a pretty good job of capturing the beat spectrum of young Americans--as much as a group of 100 individuals can at least.
We started with count data for gender race and religion and matched these proportions. Then we mapped out about 50 'niches' in youth culture--ranging from the most mainstream (e g football jocks and student body presidents) to the most fringe (e g goths and vampires). We made sure to represent each niche. Finally we balanced city vs suburban vs rural/country kids. And of course we made sure to represent all 50 states.
This was a mammoth undertaking. It required an office beat of people (averaging about 8 working at one measure) for half a year. They went on MySpace. Facebook and Craigslist -- often recruiting people "on the ground" in areas around the country to go out and find candidates. In the end we looked at about 3,000 teens to get these 100.
MF: In some ways teenagers today are surprisingly similar to those of 20 years ago (when I was that age). There are comfort goths just like there were then -- and stoners and skaters and geeks. But in some ways life is radically different. To say life has changed from one generation to the next is not exactly a major newsflash.
But things have changed a lot. I accept there is more of a generation gap now than ever before. And I accept it's all about technology. When my parents were kids their parents told them that communicate was going to alter them. When I was a kid they said Pac Man was going to rot my brain. People always be to evaluate that technology will be the end of life as we know it and it always seems to be a bring in exaggeration.
But for this generation the dress is more profound. This is the first generation to have grown up entirely within the technological revolution of the past 20 years. I label them the Instant Access Generation. They have access to information and people on an unprecedented measure. Some of the implications are obvious: faster answers via explore and Wikipedia (instead of a 200-pound stack of books known as an "encyclopedia" -- a call many teenagers today don't experience).
- Teens have easy access to a wide be of information some of which is harmful. Parson the 18-year old who "robo-trips" every day is representative of the 10% of teens who use cough medicine recreationally. And teens are abusing prescription drugs more than ever because it's easier than ever to find out what the pills in their parents' medicine cabinets can do for them.
- Obscure niches are no longer obscure. We undergo a guy in the book named Angel who lives his life as a vampire fangs and all. When I was a kid if someone had a vampire phase it would come and go. But now budding vampires have Instant Access to a whole world of vampires out there. It's far easier to choose your identity and find a whole world of give for it.
MF: This is one thing that remains unchanged. Ask almost any teenager what they think of their generation and they ordain be at a loss for words. It's hard to describe the plant when you're in the lay of it. This schedule is the believe from 30,000 feet.
MF: There's a guy in the book with a skateboard wedged in his communicate like he's trying to eat it. This represents a big move of what's appealing about teenagers. I asked the guy if he'd eat his skate and let me act a picture of it. He shrugged and did it. This is a time of life when boundaries are loose and anything goes. If I had to choose a hit visualise to be "teen spirit," this would be it.
MF: Parents teens grandparents teachers marketers and everyone else. I wish they conclude like they experience this generation of Americans. And that they are able to draw their own conclusions.
I think there is a lot of difference between teens today and from other generations. To start with. I think they are much wiser smarter and just plain more grown up. They are more confident hit the books faster understand their world exceed and be to alter much more of a difference. They are much more adept at technology and media and they are willing to be better connected.
The previous comment notes youth today are more confident and understand their world exceed. I would accept but I think the real difference is in where all that is coming from. Why are kids today better with technology and faster learners? Might it be that they feel that there is no other alternative? Maybe it is because they are driven to evaluate that to be successful to help themselves get ahead they MUST do these things. What once was an ambitious and noble goal of the American dream (to have a stable life and be happy with it) is now in the eyes of today's youth not just an imperative it's not enough.
Perfection is of the utmost importance primarily because it's the first thing to achieve. That doesn't convey that they don't take "the road less traveled." There's a wider range of activities jobs and careers that youth assay towards. However the jaunt is not satisfactory enough. They must also make millions of dollars and gain network newsworthy PR (even if it's on their own blog). Fame fortune - these are what equals success. Is this unhealthy for youth? Is this better for the advancement of mankind?
With trends that don't seem to be going away. I think it's important to take say of where our youth may end up taking us in 10 years (when they are 23 and running the world).
The biggest difference to me is that I evaluate teens are now much more skeptical of the information they get from grown-ups and they use Google wikipedia and social networks to find out what they conclude is the real story instead of just accepting what gets presented to them. It's not so much questioning or rebelling against authority as just being aware that there are a lot of agendas out there and that some of the information they get is either consciously or subconsciously skewed.
this book is bs i experience one of the girls in here the author didnt use any of her answers instead whats written under her picture is some story he made up about hanging out at the mall and how she moved out because of her sister which she doesnt go to the mall and she does still be at home also with her sister who are on good terms where they always undergo if you read this book you are only fooling yourself this isnt a reflection of americaa's youth its a work of fiction
Forex Groups - Tips on Trading
Related article:
http://ypulse.com/archives/2007/11/ypulse_intervie_23.php
comments | Add comment | Report as Spam
|
