Preferences of urban teenagers´ leisure time spending: microculture of „MALL JUNKIES“ in the space of shopping mall

Autor	Lucie Radová
Organisation	Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Katedra sociální geografie a regionálního rozvoje
Year	2010
Research type	master thesis
Annotation	This thesis focuses on leisure time activities and places, which are prefered by urban teenagers for spending their leisure time. First objective is to focus on a new trend in the sphere of spending leisure time of contemporary teenagers, thereby the passive leisure time spending in large shopping malls. The theoretical part deals with the discussion of literature, which was a great source of inspiration for all this work. The author considers the phenomenon, which examines and puts it into a broader socio-economic context and the role and position of shopping malls in Czech society and describes what the space of the shopping mall brings precisely the target group of teenagers. The second part consists of the actual empirical research in the area of shopping malls - questionnaires, structured interviews, field research and participant observation. The target group is young people between 14 to 18 years. The research results show that a group of Czech youth - "mall junkies" - found in an area of the shopping mall an ideal place for their daily social interactions. Leisure activities in the shopping mall environment is for this group of young people everyday commonplace.
Keywords	teenagers, shopping mall, leisure time
Research type	qualitative
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Obor	AN Psychology, AO Sociology, demography
Email	ksgrrsek@natur.cuni.cz
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Organisation	Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Katedra sociální geografie a regionálního rozvoje
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