Investigation on Bangladeshi Literary & Media Idols of Contemporary Urban Bangladeshi Adolescents

Abstract

The following study has been conducted on a total of ninety-eight adolescent students across two academic institutions in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh regarding their idols and the views they have regarding their respective idols. A set of questions in a questionnaire forum was given to the participants digitally in which the participants answered questions regarding their leisurely activities, hobbies, family background and most importantly about their idols and what the participants think of their idols. A large pool of participants chose idols from Bangladeshi literary and media origins but their views on those idols differed based on the participants’ socio-economic backgrounds. Participants from lower income households were picking mainstream idols whether it be literary figures or social media figures. Their reasoning behind picking those idols was not explained with proper explanation and felt disingenuous. Comparatively, participants from higher income households were picking idols both fiction and real based on the behavioral traits that they resonate with the most. The idols picked by participants from high income households are not commonly known and each was unique and from a completely different field of genre and medium. The study began as a search for the percentage of adolescent children and teens in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh who preferred idols from Bangladeshi literature and media. But as the research progressed, the data yielded results that presented a pattern. That pattern dictated that the socio-economic condition in which a child grows up contributes largely to the level of cognition, proficiency in expressing themselves and creativity that the child will have.