BIS3093 LITERATURE FOR YOUNG ADULTS

THE DEFINITION OF YOUNG ADULTS

CARMEN NG
HASLINDA BINTI HASAN
NORDILAH BINTI BUNYUH
ZAKARIA BIN NAZIR

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Based on the two articles that we had found, young adult is generally a person in an
age range of 18 to 25. It is a timeline before a person emerged into adulthood. According to
the article Emerging Adulthood: A Theory of Development from the Late Teens through the
Twenties by Jeffrey Jensen Arnen, emerging adults do not see themselves as adolescents, but
many of them also do not see themselves entirely as adults as well.
This is because age is the roughest marker of the subjective transition from emerging
adulthood to young adulthood. If adolescent is the period from age 10 to 18 and emerging
adulthood is the period from the age 18 to 25, then most identity exploration takes place in
emerging adulthood rather than adolescence. Next, emerging adults with the most frequent
contact with their parents, especially those who are still living at home, tend to be happier
with their living situations than those who have left home. They continue to rely on their
parents as a source of support and comfort.
According to Karen Sabina Freeman in her article News Consumption Behavior of
Young Adults in Malaysia, young adults prefer entertainment news and dislike business and
finance news. Freeman also states that young adults are the leading indicators of a country
they will guide the country and even the world for decades to come. Hence, it is important for
them to know more about the current issues that are happening in the country. Young adult
nowadays tend to ignore the information opportunities given to them. In fact, they are losing
their interest to even read the news.

In conclusion, the young adulthood phase is a timeline whereby a person starts to

explore more about their own personality. Young adults also tend to be closer to their
respective family and feels comfortable being at home. Besides that, they also prefer the
internet as their main source of news. Young adults are not passive audiences of the internet.
This is because they make active media choices particularly about the type of news and
media that they are more likely preferred to access.
Bibliography

Arnen, J. J. (2000). Emerging Adulthood: A Theory of Development from the Late Teens
through the Twenties. American Psychologist, 55(5), 469-480.
Freeman, K. S. (2013, March). News Consumption Behavior of Young Adults in Malaysia.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 3(3), 121-124.