I recognise that, until today, I thought that young people were and still are rebels, mavericks and little commitment to Society. But today, after reading a study conducted in Spain about them, I see I was wrong: the youth of today have changed considerably.
Indeed, the Reina Sofia centre has conducted a study of adolescents and youth deriving main conclusions that "today's youth are more willing to commit to adult society but there is a certain shift towards conservatism between young people, in the sense, they want safer environments, want more seriousness and less fantasy".
This has been explained by Javier Elzo, Professor of Sociology at the University of Deusto and coauthor of the report. "Young people today are also legal, are less adventurous than they could have been before the crisis and governments that want to work", he continued.
The study also shows that between the Spanish youth has increased the legitimacy of the death penalty –some days ago, I listened on tv that the 40 per cent of young people was on right with the death penalty. I feel sorry for that, because I am not on right with death penalty-- . "It is a striking fact", says the professor, who says also: "I bring 40 years doing youth studies and is the first time I see that young people are more institutional than the adult population, this means that even criticizing much to banks, church and politics ..., compared to adults, they put them at best place".
Another fact, that emerges from this report is that "apathetic" youth is quite reduced and that "there is a 20% positive youth leaders, to come and they have been called: "rebels with a cause and a little bit confused".
Finally, Javier Elzo concludes that the poor image of the young cast, in a way, is because of the Mass Media.
Well, I hope that you are glad, with this news, as I do.
Until next time, kind regards,
Luis.
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