14 December 2009

Podcast Design Possible Topics

I started creating a list of possible topics that I may use for my design as well as for the final podcast. They are not directly related to teens in Mongolia, but I think I can create connection between the topics and lives of Mongolia teens. My topics are:

Teenage suicide
These days, the number of teenagers committing suicide is getting larger. Whenever I saw some articles on news or magazines on teenage suicides, I wondered “what made them to end their life so easily.” In Korea, for example, some teenagers commit suicide because of peer pressure, or stress of grades, and some family or friend relationships. I think these factors are not only the causes of teen suicide in Korea, but worldwide causes.
Personally, I’m against teenage suicides. I, as a teenager, think that I’m too young to end up my life. We are not fully grown up, and we haven’t experienced other parts of the society yet. I believe that there will be a lot more fun stuff that we can do after we become adults. Therefore, I would like to encourage students to think positively and try not to give up their lives easily.
In this topic, I would like to talk about some main causes of teen suicide, and ways to prevent committing suicide.

Stereotypes
Adolescence is the time period when we, the teenagers are easily get influenced by different stereotypes. However, stereotypes tend to be biased most of the times. Without knowing the fact that stereotypes are wrong, some of students put others into these “groups” and make fun of them. Those who get stereotyped often feel depressed and excluded from others.
Overall, I would like to talk about some stereotype examples and giving advice to teenagers that stereotyping people is not a good thing to do. I think having some interviews would work well for this topic since I’d like to give some valid supporting details for my statements.

Hobbies and Interests
The way we (teens) spend our free time has changed due to the development of technology such as computer, cell phone, TV and some game devices like playstation. Our hobbies and interests tend to be different to our parents’ generation’s interests or hobbies.
For this topic, I would like to talk about some reasons of changed hobbies and interests, and then compare the way how teenagers in the past and now spend their free time. Interviewing elders such as teachers or my parents would work well for this topic.

Family relationships
Since teenagers tend to have emotional changes very often, they sometimes have arguments with their family members. I also argue with my family, mostly with my mom. After we fought, I always feel uncomfortable and sorry to my mom. I think many other teenagers would feel like me after any arguments. In this topic, I would like to talk about some ways to have a good relationship between teenagers and their families, such as how to suppress their anger and try to understand others’ feelings.

Being Wild and Dangerous
Teen pregnancy, smoking, drinking, going on drugs… These are some of factors that some teenagers have or have not experienced in their lives. They sound very wild and dangerous to me. I’m one of those who have not experienced these stuff, but I sometimes thought how it would feel like doing those things.
Basically, this topic will focus on some wild teenage cultures, and the consequences of undergoing dangerous teen cultures. I may need to research a little bit more on this topic if I’m going to choose it. Still I think it is also a very interesting topic to talk about on the podcast.

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