The Null Device

A survey of acclaimed Australian teenage novels, conducted by three child psychiatrists, has suggested a disturbing trend towards nihilism. The survey has found that 64% of novel characters have experienced severe trauma such as rape or a life-threatening car accident, 87% suffered a severe loss such as the death of someone close, and 2/3 of books mentioned psychiatry, though few characters benefitted from it. A case of progressive realism run amok, an attempt by the authors to be relevant to NIN/Limp Bizkit-listening young rebels, or just some official "experts" keeping themselves in a job?

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