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Unit Four.

Track Twenty-Three.

Host: Hippies, punks, skaters, and now chavs. There's no end to the number of teenage cults and fashions. But just what is it that makes young people choose to join a subculture? With me in the studio to discuss this is Doctor Mark Mondale, Professor of Sociology at Goodman Brown University in West Virginia, Doctor Jane Webb, Professor of Psychology at Oxbridge University, and Matt Hodges, Head of the Students' Union at Waterloo College in Liverpool.

Matt Hodges: Hello.

Dr. Jane Webb: Hello.

Dr. Mark Mondale: Hi.

Host: Let's start with you, Doctor Webb. What does make a young person decide to become a goth or a skater?

Dr. Jane Webb: Well, Nigel. There are all sorts of different reasons. But it seems to me that it's all part of becoming an adult. The thing is, when young people are in their teens, they start to question the values and lifestyles of the adult world they see around them. So, parents, other adults, or older brothers and sisters, often stop being role models for teenagers for a time. Instead, young people look for new role models from their peers, people of the same age. And of course, they're also looking for friendship or acceptance.

Host: Aha. So you're saying that it's a reaction against the adult world?

Dr. Jane Webb: That's right. Although, in reality, it's much more complicated than that.

Host: Well, I have to say, I... yes, Doctor Mondale?

Dr. Mark Mondale: I have to say I cannot agree with that at all. As far as I'm concerned, becoming a goth or a skater has absolutely nothing to do with looking for role models. Look at young people sixty years ago. They looked and behaved like younger versions of their parents. Frankly, it's all about money. If you think about it, every new youth fashion makes millions of dollars for the fashion and music industries.

Dr. Jane Webb: So, how do you explain groups who are completely anti-commercial like goths? People who buy second-hand clothes, and...

Dr. Mark Mondale: Well, frankly, that explains my theory exactly. By choosing not to buy...

Host: I'm sorry to interrupt, but perhaps at this point we should ask Matt Hodges for his views. Matt?

Matt Hodges: Personally, I believe it's all about music. I'm into new metal. My favorite band is Biotoxine. It's only natural that you want to spend your time with other people who enjoy and understand this music. And then these people become your friends. You have fun with them. They help you if you have problems and...

Dr. Jane Webb: Which is exactly my theory about looking for answers from people the same age.

Dr. Mark Mondale: Well, actually, it shows that the music industry has the most say in what the...

Dr. Jane Webb: You, you sociologists are all the same. You think people can't make up their own minds and...

Dr. Mark Mondale: Well, the day that a psychologist gives me a good explanation of how people behave, is the day that I, personally...

Dr. Jane Webb: Well, I've got three teenage sons and I do know what I'm talking about here.

Dr. Mark Mondale: Don't forget, I was a teenager too.

Host: Well, we'll have to leave it there. In next week's program, we're talking about what can be done to end the conflict between different youth groups. I hope you can join me with my special guest, Emily Newton.