Youth culture is "the sum of the ways of living of adolescents; it refers to the body of norms, values, and practices

recognized and shared by members of the ad olescent society as appropriate guides to actions". This definition includes two elements. The first is culture, which can be defin ed as the symbolic systems, and processes of maintaining and transforming those systems, that people share. The second part of this definition is that youth culture is specific to adolesce nts, and differs at least partially from the culture of older generations. Elements of youth culture include beliefs, behaviors, styles, and interests. An emphasis on clothes, popular music, sports, vocabulary, and dating set adolescen ts apart from other age groups, giving them what many believe is a distinct cult ure of their own