Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Choose three words to describe the young people in the representations we have studied.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Text Representation of Youth Key Points How are young people represented?

What is the significance of the representation? You may want to consider the issue of social class. Which theorists can you discuss in relation to the representations

Theory

Additional References

Can you link your discussion to any articles we looked at.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Eden Lake (2008)

Text Representation of Youth

Eden Lake (2008) Extreme representation of young people as violent and sadistic. Young people clearly represented as working class. Use of horror genre conventions to represent young people as horror film monster. Very negative representation of working class young people, plays on middle class fears.

Key Points

Theory

Gramsci hegemony; Giroux empty category; Acland deviant youths reinforce hegemony; Philo middle class anxiety; Wood normality and monsters.
Hoodie Cinema article.

Additional References

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Harry Brown (2009)

Text Representation of Youth Key Points Theory

Harry Brown (2009) Stereotypical and very negative representation of young people as violent criminals who are a threat to social order and safety of normal people. Very negative representation of working class young people. Middle class fantasy or punishing working class youth. Gramsci hegemony; Giroux empty category; Acland deviant youths reinforce hegemony; Philo middle class anxiety. Hoodie Cinema article.

Additional References

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Attack the Block (2011)

Text Representation of Youth Key Points

Attack the Block (2011) Begins with stereotypical hoodie representations, young people as criminal. Representation becomes more sympathetic as we get to know the youths. Representation challenges the stereotypical representation of working class youth. Resolves class tensions with middle class adult character. Gramsci hegemony; Dyer- entertainment and utopia.

Theory

Additional References

Joe Cornish interview challenging contemporary media representations of young people.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Text Representation of Youth Key Points How are young people represented?

What is the significance of the representation? You may want to consider the issue of social class. Which theorists can you discuss in relation to the representations

Theory

Additional References

Can you link your discussion to any articles we looked at.

Misfits (2009-)

Text Representation of Youth

Misfits (2009-) Use negative stereotypes (ASBO, chavs) and subverts them. Use of superhero trope to make the representation more positive. Young people more sympathetic. Perspective of young characters. Challenges negative representations. Shown on channel aimed at youth audience. Gramsci hegemony; Wearing negative discourse about social class.

Key Points

Theory

Additional References

Misfits article part of a wider trend of media representations of the underclass.

People Like Us (2013)

Text Representation of Youth Key Points

People Like Us (2013) Use of negative stereotypes benefits, single mothers, deprivation, but may encourage viewers to sympathise with characters. Focus on lower class youths from a middle class perspective. Reinforces class prejudice. Gramsci hegemony; Giroux empty category.

Theory

Additional References

Guardian article People Like Us as poverty porn.

Hoodies or Altar Boys Report (2009)

Text Representation of Youth Key Points

Hoodies or Altar Boys Report (2009) How are young people represented?

What is the significance of the representation? You may want to consider the issue of social class. Which theorists can you discuss in relation to the representations

Theory

Additional References

Can you link your discussion to any articles we looked at.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Hoodies or Altar Boys Report (2009)

Text Representation of Youth

Hoodies or Altar Boys Report (2009) Found that most news stories about teenage boys were negative and usually in relation to crime. Words used to describe teenage boys in newspapers include yob, scum, feral, inhuman, monster. Negative media representations are making people fearful of teenagers.

Key Points

Theory

Althusser; Acland; Gerbner cultivation theory; Cohen moral panic; Hebdige hegemony.

Additional References

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

How might you answer this exam question?

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

 Refer to at least two types of media. Answer must be relevant to the question. Make connections. Clear argument. Balance of theory and texts. Personal engagement. Discussion of past, present, and future. Terminology.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Media and Collective Identity Mark Scheme

Media and Collective Identity Mark Scheme

Essay Structure Introduction Begin with a quote. State focus (social group, texts) and argument. Historical Made in Britain (1982)/The Wild One (1953) Media Area 1 - Newspapers Media Area 2 - Film (Media Area 3) - Television Conclusion Sum up your argument, give your opinions, make a prediction for the future. Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Introduction Henry A Giroux argues in media representations youth becomes an empty category reflecting the concerns of adults. media representations of youth serve the purpose of the middle class adults who produce them media representation of youth reinforce hegemony identify texts

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Historical Representations Media representations of young people have always tended to be negative, e.g. The Wild One (1953) shows a motorcycle gang terrorising a small town. Made in Britain (1982) focused on a delinquent, anti-social youth. Both representations reflect anxieties of middle class adult society, in relation to the threat to hegemony posed by young people.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Newspapers Hoodies or Altar Boys 2009 study Giroux constructed by adults. Gramsci/Acland negative representations reinforce hegemony, ideology of protection. Althusser media as ideological state apparatus. Cohen moral panic clarify moral boundaries. Gerbner cultivation theory.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Film Hoodie Cinema article Eden Lake/Harry Brown negative, extreme, middle class fear of working class youth. Giroux constructed by adults. Gramsci/Acland negative representations reinforce hegemony, ideology of protection. Wood normality and monsters. Attack the Block Challenges stereotypes Dyer (utopia).

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Television Misfits/People Like Us Uses negative stereotypes. More sympathetic/less extreme aimed at youth audiences, shown on youth broadcasters. Giroux constructed by adults.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Conclusion Sum up argument As I have shown most media representations of young people are negative. This is because they reflect the concerns of their middle class producers, and as a result usually reinforce hegemony More positive representations can be found on television channels aimed at younger people. The effect of media representations of young people is In the future I believe(social media, young people can construct their own representations Student Fees protests, power of mass media).

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory. Choose one theory you can apply to the one of these representations.