Teenage culture

Definition of teenage culture

Teenage culture is a youth-based
subculture with distinct styles,
behaviors, and interests.
Fashion

Usually distinguished by

Slang/language

Belief & Behaviours

Teenage Fashion
Clothing
Electronics
Instant messaging / Blog
Fast food

Teenage Clothing
Latest Fashion Trends for Teens:
1) EMO style -EMO (emotional) style
They usually wear bright and noticeable colors, distinct hairstyles, tight jeans
with studded belt, chunks of jewelry and have their body pierced.
2) Hip hop style
Boys usually wear T-shirt and baggy pants, and cap is a common accessor.
Girls like to sport big hoops as earrings and boys put on at least one ring.
3) Gothic style
Black is surely the basic color of this style, with dresses, hair, accessories and
every other item sporting the darker shade to highlight the Gothic style.
4) Bohemian style
This includes loose light colored baggy clothes, wrap-arounds and
accessories of stone, wood or amber.

Electroniocs

It often used to be more obvious when teenagers

were staying up too late on a school night: Parents
might hear the TV or music in their rooms.
Of course, there was always the hidden
flashlight under the covers for reading.
But now teenagers, and even younger
children, could be quietly texting in the
middle of the night.

Instant messaging
Definition:
Instant messaging (IM) is a
form of real-time direct textbased communication between
two or more people using
personal computers or other
devices, along with shared
software clients.
eg: MSN, QQ, Skype, Pidgin...

Blog
Definition:
A blog is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually
maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary,
descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
eg: facebook, blogbus, Q-zone...
How will these things affect
teenagers' life?

Fast food
Fast food is any food that is quick, convenient, and often
inexpensive.
Fast food is usually high in fat, calories, cholesterol, and
sodium.
Too much fast food can lead to health problems such as
high blood pressure, heart disease, and obesity.

Teenage Slang/Language
Spoken language

Written language

Spoken teenage language

In spoken teenage language, a word or phrase
newly invented or newly introduced into a
language.

Academically,
it is called:

Written teenage language

Netspeak: the language of the Internet entails both
traditional linguistic forms and adapted ones that include
slang and non-standard forms that are sometimes used in
offline life
Acronyms (e.g. "lol = laugh out loud" "brb = be right
back"), plays or variations on words (e.g. "cya = see you",
"latah = later")
Emoticons: graphical icons that represent
emotions (e.g. :-) or :-( )

Examples of spoken teenage language

TYPE OF EMOTICON

TEXT-BASED

Happy

: ) or :-)

Sad

: ( or :-(

Angry

>:( or :O

Flirty

; ) or :P

Tired

n/a

GRAPHICAL

Word Matching - " Slanguage"

OMG

Hello Again

HHOK

Sleeping

L8R

Ha Ha Only Kidding

REHI

Thank You

THKQ

Oh I See

XLNT

Oh My God

ZZZ

Excellent

OIC

Later

Teenage Belief
Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a
proposition or premise to be true.
Survey Data from George Barnas Real
Teens
96% of teens claim that they believe in God.
86% of teens describe themselves as Christian.
60% of teens believe that the Bible is totally accurate in all of its
teachings.
......
However,

Teenage Characteristics
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What do you think

of teenagers?