PIL Age Representations
- Created by: derbyshire1
- Created on: 17-03-16 17:23
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- Negative
- Polarising media representati-ons of young people
- Brake (1985) - dominantly portrayed as delinquent or alternatively as 'respectable'
- Wayne et al (2007) - content analysis of UK news
- 80% of channels focused on teenager's criminal behaviour
- Symbolic annihilation
- 1% of opinions featured across all news items were of young people; creates one-dimensional view
- Moral panics and folk devils
- Stereotypical represenation-s of elderly
- Lasch (1979) - Marxist perspective
- Elderly out of touch and useless to capitalism - can't work, little disposable income
- Lasch (1979) - Marxist perspective
- Under-representation of elderly
- Szmigin and Carrigan (2000) - representation in advertising
- Neglected in ads for clothing, cosmetics; featured prominently in ads for food and drink, financial services
- Age Concern (2000) - 65+'s account for 21% of population and 7% of media content
- Szmigin and Carrigan (2000) - representation in advertising
- Polarising media representati-ons of young people
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