Nowadays young generation is more aware of the pop artists and film stars that are famous all around the world, rather than of prominent characters in their nation’s history. The following paragraphs will discuss both reasons for these preferences and ways to boost the awareness of historic famous figures amoung young people.
To begin with, influence of the social media on the young part of the world population is the main cause of the diminishing interest in history of their motherlands. Most teenagers and adolescents now prefer to spend their free time scrolling popular social media platforms, such as TikTok or Instragram, where they constantly come through actively promoted celebrities and Hollywood stars, because reading historic books and being engaged in learning their national heritage are considered to be boring and old-fashionable. To illustrate, asking any young person about Cardi B’s last album, it is possible to get more expanded answer, than if important decisions made by M.Tatcher during the war were asked about.
The ultimate way to expand young people’s knowledge of outstanding people in history is to present the information as something not only important and serious, but also interesting and trendy. Moreover, if life paths of authorities in the past of young people’s countries and these historical figures’ world-changing initiatives are also presented through reels and in youtube blog formats, the increasing interest in such kind of information sources among young generation will definitely be observed. For example, creating special content about historical figures by country’s departments that are responsible for cultural heritage will expand the young generation’s knowledge of national heroes in their country’s past.
In conclusion, because of the numerous promotions of the world-known people in pop and movie industry, active and unusual presentation of famous historical figures’ lives and achievements will be able to result in the growing interest in it among young people.