Summary Of Coming Of Age In A Multicultural World

In “Coming of Age in a Multicultural World: Globalization and Adolescent Cultural Identity Formation,” Lene Jensen discusses that since teenagers are growing up in a society where many cultural beliefs and traditions exist, they form “multicultural identities”. Jensen also mentioned that teenagers change their views and beliefs of current issues more than adults do and that is simply because teenagers are exposed to a variety of cultures, whether it comes from friends, the television, or social media, that forming solid views of global issues is difficult. Jensen then claims that developing a cultural identity is stressful for many teenagers and that they fail to create an identity for themselves. However, she points out the positive side,