Globalisation & Youth Culture

New Creation in Christ

Dr Premanand M EMalabar Christian CollegeCalicutwww.premclt.com

1.Youth of today are exposed to many external factors

2.Family values are slowly eroding

3.Pocket money is on the rise4.Consumerism has replaced

Spirituality5.Technology is moving from

boardrooms to bedrooms

Youth of today are exposed to many external factors

Smoking - DrugsFast paced life

Diminishing family valuesNuclear family concept

Ageing parents

Family values are slowly eroding

• Families becoming smaller • Dissent within families• Same sex marriages on the

rise• Seeking solace with Avatars

Technology is moving from boardrooms to bedrooms

• Instant communication possible – instant gratification required

• Age old diseases like plague, cholera eradicated , new mutants evolving• Loneliness on the rise

• Companionship with unknowns increasing• Less reliance to God and more on Technology

Technology is moving from boardrooms to bedrooms• E-prayers, RSS feeds for daily readings, scripture in tablet form• Videocasts, Podcasts that substitute for real devotion and prayer • Social networking bots, Likes, Forwards, • Spams, Amen indicators, Threatening

messages• Convergence of Media• Digital divide

Pocket money is on the rise

• Tend to spend more with less• Instalment generation• Online trading, gambling, gaming• Surge pricing• Less savings, more prudence required

Consumerism has replaced Spirituality

Less of prayer time, more of entertainmentLess of reading, more on gaming and WhatsApping

Sundays – day of rest has been allocated to finishing backlogs

Church going has been replaced with Catching up with sleep, finishing deadlines