A group of young New Yorkers link to their counterparts in Melbourne, Australia to discuss world youth culture:

Topic explored:

YOUTH CULTURE: Does youth culture exist today? Do young people today have to go further and further in order to find something of difference to identify with? It seems that every time you flip on the television or read a magazine, marketing executives are telling kids what is cool and how to think. Are young people rebelling against this commercialization? Or have the scales tipped in the other direction: Has uncertainty with employment, world affairs and future issues taken young people to an age of neo traditionalism?

The link between New York and Melbourne, Australia was filmed on Monday, April 7, 2003.

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