Comprehension
Percentages
Who are they?
Who said it?
Main claims
100

The writer of the article

Who is Sharon Jayson?

100

The percentage of the 18- to 25-year olds who said that getting rich is their most - or second-most-important life goal

What is 81%?

100

The researcher at the Philadelphia-based firm Twentysomething Inc. 

Who is David Morrison?

100

He said: "When you open a celebrity magazine, it’s all about the money and being rich and famous."

Who is Cameron Johnson?

100

THESE TWO THINGS are the top life goals of a significant portion of Generation Y that they prioritize to become

What is rich and famous?

200

The year the article was published

What is 2007?

200

The percentage of the 18- to 25-year-olds who have used social networking sites

What is 54%?

200

The aspiring actor who works as a bar manager and bartender

Who is Jason Head?

200

He said: "I don’t need to be filthy rich, but I want to live above the minimum – not just pay the bills but enjoy comfort in life."

Who is Mark Ayoub?

200

THIS specific tv-genre in the media is especially significant in shaping the desires for wealth and fame among young people. The portrayal of celebrities living luxurious lifestyles and ordinary individuals achieving fame contributes to these aspirations.

What is reality television?

300

The newspaper in which the article was published

What is USA Today?

300

The percentage of young people in 2005 who thought that having lots of money was "not important"

What is 5,6%?

300

The economist at Cornell University

Who is Robert Frank?

300

She said: "My fear is not so much for our society but for a sense of emptiness and depression these kids might have as they age."

Who is Kit Yarrow?

300

THESE THREE THINGS are examples of the bleaker economic realities that doesn't stop the young people from still harboring dreams of wealth and fame

What are escalating costs for housing, education, and insurance?

400

The American Research Center that did a survey on 18- to 25-year olds' life goals

What is Pew Research Center?

400

This percentage of the young people who are more likely to admire an entertainer than a political leader

What is 14%?

400

The consumer psychologist at Golden Gate University

Who is Kit Yarrow?
400

He said: “It’s a completely new development in entertainment, and it’s having a cross-over effect on attitudes and behavior.” 

Who is David Morrison?
400

THESE TWO THINGS are the feelings that engaging in online validation rather than real communication may lead to

What are emptiness and depression?

500

The definition of people belonging to Generation Y

Western people born between the 1980s and early 1990s

500

The range of the change from 1976 to 2005 of college freshmen who considered being very well off financially as essential or very important

What is 41.9% to 74.5%?

500

The British-American actress and fashion model

Who is Mischa Barton?

500

He said: “Famous people are in their faces so much more, and as a society, we have escalated the value we put on celebrities,” 

Who is Robert Thompson?

500

The best English teacher who has spend way too much time on creating this game :-)

Who is Anna?

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