"But the most straightforward, prosaic theory is that, as with virtually every area of popular culture, it's been radically altered by the advent of the internet: that we now live in a world where teenagers are more interested in constructing an identity online than they are in making an outward show of their allegiances and interests.
"'It's not neccesarily happening on street corners any more, but it's certainly happening online,' says Adams. 'It's a lot easier to adopt personas online that cost you absolutely nothing apart from demonstrating certain types of arcane knowledge, what Sarah Thornton called subcultural capital. You don't have to invest in a teddy boy's drape suit or a T-shirt from Seditionaries.'"
Alexis Petridis in The Guardian looks at the decline in Britain of youth subcultures based on music.
Tom Hawking at Flavorwire presents "A Field Guide to the Musical Tribes of the 21st Century."
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