Tuesday, 6 October 2015

GENERIC RESEARCH: Youth subcultures - what are they now?

In this article, Helina expresses her opinion on the appearance of a "haul girl". This is what she says:
  • You get to see what their lifestyle is like when you film one such individual and share your video to others via YouTube. Their music and clothes tastes are displayed.
  • Videos of haul girls on YouTube are a "remarkable big deal" to others.
"It's a whole creative process behind the videos as well, which is what I enjoy about it. Choosing the right music, going from the filming to the editing. Sometimes I even storyboard things, because I want certain shots, how I can present different items and things like that." 

I feel that the nature of youth subcultures have changed extensively today because modern music-listening audiences have integrated themselves into their preferred type of music – and they feel like there is no legitimate way to portray their own genre.

“They were consumers… They were sort of puppets”

A book by David Fowler, entitled “Youth Culture in Modern Britain”, gives another look at subcultures in the modern world. It seems that subcultures such as hippies had little in common to do with the actual teens that have participated in those cultures.
I believe that youth subcultures aren’t as popular as they were in their heydays because of the rise of technology during our lifetimes – the Internet has allowed teenagers to create a personal identity online to hide their true persona rather than expose their interests to the outside world.

Unlike the 80s, modern people seem to confuse themselves as “things become blurred and confusing” although individuals back in the days have displayed their sense of creativity.


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