Topic: Drawing upon examples from Australia and around the world, explore the ways in which social divisions such as class and ethnicity shape youth cultural practice and the consumption of global culture.

This unit is “Youth, Culture and Social Change”, hence there is a strong emphasis on the development of youth in terms of sociology. This essay is worth 50% of the entire unit.

This essay should emphasise many sociological theories that relates to the question on “Drawing upon examples from Australia and around the world, explore the ways in which social divisions such as class and ethnicity shape youth cultural practice and the consumption of global culture.”. My lecturer reiterated that key points being made should come from scholarly articles. It’s like a ‘test’ whether I know the literature or not. The sources to cite in this essay should come from scholarly articles like Journal of Sociology. There should be at least 12 references.

This question should explore how social divisions in terms of class and ethnicity affects youth from Australia and other parts of the world, with impacts on youth cultural practice and global culture consumption. The question of the essay should be adequately addressed and the introduction & conclusion should be sound. There should also be strong analysis of key issues, concepts and theoretical ideas related to the question.