Has materialism become the new
“religion” for adolescents in
Australian society today?
What is religion?
2. Has there been a rise in the consumer
culture?
3. Has materialism replaced the role of
modern day Christianity?
4. A new change ,Non western resistance
1.
Society- institutions and groups that form
a culture
 Culture- Beliefs values and customs of a
society.
 Persons – The individuals that make up a
society
 Time –changes over the decades from
the 1950s till today

Cross cultural
Time – changes in different generations
and decades. 1950s till today
 Social economical- What aspects of
society are better able to take part in this
era of materialism.
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Phase one: Developing a question and
research topic.
 Phase two: Secondary research
 Phase three: Primary research
 Phase four: Writing central material
 Phase five: Complete
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5.
Life INC: how the world became a
corporation and how to take it back /
Douglas Rushkoff.
Planet Simpsons by Chris Turner
Born to buy : the commercialized child and
the new consumer culture by Juliet B.
Schor
God is back : how the global revival of
faith is changing the world by John
Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge.
Consuming passions :Christianity the
consumer society by tony kelly
Interview :
 local catholic priest
 Christian/Hill song adherent
 Physiologist
 Questionaries: Sample size of 50 people
,used mostly adolescents.
 Focus group: four participants of
adolescent age coming from different
religions.

Number of religious
attendance in the past
month
Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
No religion
Sikhism
2%
0%
10--12
14%
2%
40%
40%
number of times
What is your religion?
2%
S…
5--7
0-3
0
20
40
amount of people