The term “post-80s” has been popular in media and society recently. It is important to explore the characteristics of this group of young adults aged between 20 and 30. While some consider this young generation as problematic and rebellious, others believe that the negative labels of the post-80s are just a false generalization established by the mass media.
This Spring issue of Umac Bridges purposely chooses the “post-80s” as the central theme. We investigate and reveal, from our own perspectives, the nature of the post-80s in Macao: They have dreams, and they strive persistently to make their dreams come true; they are creative, and they make an effort to develop their talents in the creative industry; they comply with family responsibilities and take care of their parents and other people; they are savvy with new media, and build their social network with the help of the Internet; they do not distance themselves from the cultural traditions, nor do they neglect their valuable memories. All in all, the post-80s are the generation with both common and unique attributes.
Umac Bridges is a campus publication as well as the academic project produced by 4th year English Communication students in the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Macau. Through this publication, students can apply skills of journalism, desktop publishing, web design and event planning and implementation which they have learned throughout the academic years to an actual project. The aim of this publication is to cultivate the sense of news of UM students and call their attention to issues happening around them. The magazine also has an online version which experiments some multimedia news stories.
We would like to give special thanks to our course instructor, Prof. Wu Mei, and our teaching assistant, Sandy Choi, for their knowledgeable guidance and support during the production process.
On behalf of the production team, I hope you would enjoy this issue of Umac Bridges, and gain an insight into the inner world of the post-80s generation in Macao.
Editor-in-chief
Gary Lai Io Fai
The term “post-80s” has been popular in media and society recently. It is important to explore the characteristics of this group of young adults aged between 20 and 30. While some consider this young generation as problematic and rebellious, others believe that the negative labels of the post-80s are just a false generalization established by the mass media.......
