Difference of Opinion is the ABC’s new debate show, which tackles a different topic each week with a panel of experts. Issues that the show has looked at include climate change, education, multiculturalism, water conservation and home ownership.
Difference of Opinion is recorded with the participation of a live studio audience of approximately 60 adults (that is, aged over 18). The audience will have the opportunity, at various times throughout the program, of participating in the debate by asking the panellists questions and commenting on their responses.
On Monday, the 23rd of April, 2007 Difference of Opinion will be doing a show on Generation Y. The programme coordinators are currently looking for people to fill the studio audience. The audience should arrive at the ABC Studios in Ultimo, Sydney, no later than 5.45 pm; the recording will last from approximately 6.30pm to 8pm. The show will be broadcast later that same night at 9.35pm.
The teaser for the programme reads:
Some believe Generation Y is the luckiest generation yet, with all the material goods that previous generations only dreamt of. They were born into a time of low unemployment, economic growth and prosperity, and have only ever known good times, some say all they want is a good time! Many Y’ers see it very differently; they think they’ve inherited a troubled world, where society is breaking down. For a start, there are record numbers of divorced and single parents, divorce boomed in 1976, the year Gen Y’s began arriving, going from 13,000 in 1971 to 63,000. Gen Y has also grown up in the uncertain age of terrorism, not to mention the realization that Climate Change needs to be seriously addressed. Is this really a worry free generation? Are Gen Y really spoilt for choice or are they busy cleaning up after a lot of mess? In what state did the boomers leave the country for the generation that was to come? We explore what the feelings are about the sort of world generation Y has inherited and how is it affecting them? Gen Y was also the first to grow up in the ‘digital age.’ With the advent of the Internet and other such modern condiments came sites such as ‘Youtube’ and ‘Myspace’, these new ways of communicating, also brought new ways of bullying known as cyber bullying. We look at how bullying is effecting youth. Some say that generation Y are so caught up in their gadgets that it’s made them apathetic to outside causes making them a selfish self obsessed bunch. Is being overly connected making for a disconnected youth? We look at what is concerning this generation on Difference of Opinion what makes them tick and how they envisage their own futures.. Tonight we talk about this generation and we ask Y?
If you would like to be in the studio audience, please RSVP to Sonia Parison (Parison.Sonia@abc.net.au), Difference of Opinion’s Audience Coordinator by Thursday 19 April , 2007. Please indicate whether you wish to bring a person(s) with you.
For more information on the programme, see http://abc.net.au/tv/differenceofopinion/.
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