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Thirteen (Repeat)

Insight has decided to give adults the flick and instead ask 13-year-olds to tell us what matters to them. This week Insight gives adults the flick. Instead, an audience of 13 year olds tell us what matters to them. Why 13? Well, it's the start of a lot of things, including being a teenager. Insight visited schools in the cities and the bush to talk to young teenagers and we've given some of our 13-year-olds cameras to show us what's really important in their world. We've found that multi-tasking is their middle name. They do homework, download songs from the web for their iPod and fit the occasional text message in between. They're self described 'couch potatoes', but feel they can navigate the world from their bedroom. We live in an era where adolescents in their early teens have never known a world without iTunes. “You wouldn't be socially accepted if you walked around with a discman instead of an iPod” says Ashley, 13. “My mobile phone is the boyfriend I never had,” says Rosie, 13. But it goes beyond fashion, many feel unsafe without them. “I can't go out after five at night, my mum gets worried someone will drag me into a car,” Bronte, 13. They were glued to TV during the London bombings and believe a terrorist attack could happen in Australia. “If you are a teenager and you watch action movies, you might not think that violence is bad and you might join Al Qaeda” says Subhodh, 13. Insight visited schools in the cities and the bush to find out what teenagers were talking about at recess. Some of them were given cameras to make their own short films about things they really care about. The results will surprise you.

English
  • Originally Aired April 18, 2006
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network SBS
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