Smells Like Teen Spirit: Talking not taking in the teenage music tribe
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Content Inside: Smells Like Teen Spirit: Talking not taking in the teenage music tribe Prepared by The Social Issues Research Centre August 2004 Social Issues Research Centre 28 St Clements Oxford OX4 1AB Tel: +44 (0)1865 262255 Email: group@sirc.org Smells like team spirit: Talking not taking in the teenage music tribe Contents Executive summary .3 Dubit guide to the Music Tribes .4 Introduction.5 The need to fit in.5 Drugs and the teenage music tribe .6 Other identifiers within the teenage music tribes.10 Conclusion.13 About FRANK .14 About SIRC.14 About Dubit.14 About the Talking Not Taking research.15 SIRC August 2004 of 15 Smells like team spirit: Talking not taking in the teenage music tribe Executive summary The aim of this study has been to investigate the extent to which teenagers will present themselves in a certain way through talking about drugs supporting certain bands and adopting particular styles to fit in with their group or music tribe. In particular the survey questioned teenagers on how the pressure to fit in with friends affects the way they present themselves in terms of implied drugs-misuse talking not taking drugs. The key findings are as follows: Boys are twice as likely as girls to say that they have taken drugs when they have not 17% of 11-13 year-olds 21% of 14-16 year olds and 22% of over-16 year olds think their friends pretend to have taken drugs when they havent The influence of the tribe decreases as teens grow up: 51.5% of 11-13 year olds said that members of their tribe did things in order to fit in with the group compared to 47% of those aged 14-16 years and 41% of over-16s 75% of 11-13 year olds 60% of 14-16 year olds and 44% of those over 16 felt that young people try drugs to impress friends. Another popular reason was to look cool over 55% of the sample - while 15% of those aged 14-16 years felt that it helped young people to pull The most self-aware and image-conscious group is that of the Gangstas characterised b ...
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