Media representations of young people
- Created by: josiestratton
- Created on: 10-05-22 20:18
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- Outline 2 ways in which young people are represented in the media
- As criminal and violent
- Hoodies or Alter Boys? (2009) study of regional newspaper reporting on young boys
- Most common vocab - thugs, yobs, feral, evil
- More news stories about boys & crime than boys and any other subject
- Hoodies or Alter Boys? (2009) study of regional newspaper reporting on young boys
- As lazy/a burden on society
- As ungrateful and rude
- The Daily Mail in 2020 - "How to speak teen: from eye-rolling to saying 'whatever'"
- Osgerby (2002) - media representation of youth was positive in the post-war period but became much more negative
- Drug/alcohol abusers
- The Mirror, April 2022 - "Families fear to go out as drug-fuelled teens attack elderly victims and start fires
- As criminal and violent
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