TY - JOUR
TI - Adolescents and self-improvement – in light of young readers’ letters to the editor in youth magazines: Cogito, Victor Gimnazjalista and Mały Gość Niedzielny
AU - Dąbrowska, Anna
TI - Adolescents and self-improvement – in light of young readers’ letters to the editor in youth magazines: Cogito, Victor Gimnazjalista and Mały Gość Niedzielny
AB - 
	Contemporary adolescents are subjected to two opposing forces: consumer culture characterized by subordination and revolt against controlled activity. Youth fosters self-improvement, which requires intentional and conscious changes in behaviors and personalities conforming to accepted standards as well as an orientation toward faraway pro-social goals. Both are difficult. This article addresses the following questions: Are contemporary adolescents interested in self-improvement, and – if so – how do they express this interest? Answers come from the analysis of young readers’ letters to the editor in selected youth magazines. The results suggest that, despite the lack of the term “work on oneself” in the letters, young readers discuss three important types of activity: self-knowledge, self-improvement and self-education. In this way young people express their interest in self-improvement.
VL - 2017
IS - Volume 60, Issue 4 (232)
PY - 2018
SN - 0555-0025
C1 - 2299-6362
SP - 819
EP - 844
DO - 10.4467/22996362PZ.17.047.8189
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/mlodziez-a-praca-nad-soba-w-swietle-listow-mlodych-czytelnikow-do-redakcji-wybranych-czasopism-mlodziezowych-cogito-victor-gimnazjalista-i-maly-gosc-niedzielny
KW - adolescents
KW - self-improvement
KW - self-education
KW - youth magazines
KW - letters