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PLAYING WITH THE YEARS – GENERATIONAL STEREOTYPES ON<br />
SOCIAL MEDIA<br />
ZOLTÁN VECZÁN (MATHIAS CORVINUS COLLEGIUM)<br />
Abstract<br />
The research <strong>in</strong> this presentation aims to explore young people's perception<br />
of older people <strong>in</strong> a new way, focus<strong>in</strong>g on their stereotypes about older<br />
people based on their communication <strong>in</strong> the onl<strong>in</strong>e space, and how this is<br />
expressed, among other th<strong>in</strong>gs: the empirical part of the research therefore<br />
<strong>in</strong>cludes content analysis (as a predom<strong>in</strong>antly quantitative method), alongside<br />
<strong>in</strong>ductive and deductive category build<strong>in</strong>g. At the same time, the research<br />
also seeks to understand the role-play<strong>in</strong>g group members’ motivations of<br />
(active) participation through focus group <strong>in</strong>terviews with them (as a<br />
qualitative method). As an <strong>in</strong>cidental benefit of the research, <strong>in</strong> addition to<br />
the image that youth have of the elderly, we have also been able to ga<strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>sights <strong>in</strong>to a k<strong>in</strong>d of auto reflexive perception of how the elderly view the<br />
youth-- as imag<strong>in</strong>ed by young people. To this end, we studied the member<br />
communications of a particular popular onl<strong>in</strong>e role-play<strong>in</strong>g group on<br />
Facebook: "Pretend<strong>in</strong>g to be over 60" (w1). By analys<strong>in</strong>g the results of this<br />
research and present<strong>in</strong>g them, we hope to contribute to further<br />
understand<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>in</strong>tergenerational relationships.<br />
NEXTGEN FESTIVALGOERS<br />
LEVENTE SZÉKELY (YOUTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF<br />
BUDAPEST)<br />
Abstract<br />
A festival is a celebratory, concentrated and complex community event that<br />
comb<strong>in</strong>es culture and enterta<strong>in</strong>ment with economic, social and political<br />
functions and is generally a recreational opportunity for the middle class. The<br />
expand<strong>in</strong>g market is susta<strong>in</strong>ed by a strong festival audience. While the ma<strong>in</strong><br />
aspects focus on music and relaxation, there is also a demand for social<br />
programs. Over the course of the <strong>Youth</strong> Research Institute’s festival research<br />
project, we exam<strong>in</strong>ed young people aged 15–39 at three different<br />
summertime events <strong>in</strong> 2023: MCC Festival, Campus Festival, and the Strand<br />
Festival.<br />
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