In the United Kingdom, and many other countries today, the vast majority of teenagers feel neglected by politicians. They feel disenchanted by the many lies and unfulfilled promises assured to them. Subsidised, or even free transportation. Extended health care. Cheaper university tuition fees. Constantly waiting, but always in vain. Politicians are quick to pass laws and legislations to keep the middle-aged and senior citizens happy. Why? Because they can vote and we can't. But very soon we will come of age, and how likely is it that we will vote for any of them? So what will it take for them to win over the generation in which the future lies.
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The above synopsis of a prospected teen-magazine article came about from much research and deliberation in the field of politics. I came to the idea by mind mapping. This is a technique our Digital Publishing tutor showed us. It encourages creative thinking and helps the person mapping to come up with fantastic ideas that they wouldn't normal come up by themselves.
Here's what my original mind map looked like:
In my first one, it really was just a flowchart which just followed a pre-existing idea step by step. My creative vision was 'tunnelled' so to speak. In my second one I started with a main idea and in rapid fire style, jotted down any word that was directly related to the last word. Never anything before that. This method I would say produced fine fruit in that I was able to think up some really interesting magazine names, articles, and so forth.
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