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Purposeful Pop

... already happening: 37% of young people often talk about popular culture in conversations with other people, particularly in China and South Korea (52% in each country) and 26% often post about/comment on popular culture on social media (42% in China and 34% in South Korea). If the popular culture reflects a meaningful message, those conversations become a catalyst for fostering change. Change is often carried out through political action, and though intertwining popular culture with politics isn’t a ...

Accelerated Adulthood

...  "the path" to adulthood, Zs are redefining the path through adolescence, making it a shrunken life stage as they quickly enter into adult-like experiences and challenges. They don’t just wait until they’re of age to vote to pay attention to politics, they begin following along and getting involved online and offline much sooner; they don’t just start noticing the opposite sex is actually cute and doesn’t have cooties, they have to figure out where they fall on the gender identity and sexuality ...

Risk Management

... swayed by peer pressure.New TraditionalistsZs, particularly those in the U.S., are largely reticent to pick one side when it comes to politics. When forced to choose, they are fairly evenly split, with only a slight tendency to identify as politically and socially liberal. Even as they age up and become more informed about politics, they still maintain an even split. However, Trendsetters in both the U.S. and UK are significantly more likely to identify as politically and socially liberal, indicating ...

Active-ists

... day-to-day reality. Today, athletes still give 51% of U.S. and 55% of UK youth a sense of hope for the future, though sports have become less of an escape from the real world and more of a barometer for its condition. Rather than standing as the antithesis to politics—an arena secluded from the dramas of the outside world—sports are now so interwoven that the fields, courts, and stadiums have become political arenas themselves, with athletes at the podium. As athletes’ personal lives ...

Obstruction Of Injustice

... politics to the public (see Pop Politics). Comedy has become a designated zone where most extreme language is acceptable because it occurs within an environment where people expect the status quo to be challenged. In doing so, comedians generally do not simply spew hate speech, rather they bring light to and react to situations occurring in society. From Ricky Gervais poking fun at Caitlyn Jenner’s driving during his monologue at the Golden Globes to racially charged humor, comedy offers ...

Flair and Balanced

... scanning one’s social feed is passive, young people are also taking active strides to broaden their horizons. They feel a civic and social duty to stay informed, so they’re taking it upon themselves to seek out disparate news sources that help them cultivate a more balanced view of currents events and issues. To wit, 80% of youth in the U.S. and 74% in the UK think it’s important to follow multiple sources of information when it comes to politics. This practice stems from their keen awareness that ...