REPRESENATIONS OF YOUTH
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- Representations of youth
- From around age of 15 to early 20s
- Often subject to negative media stereotyping
- Rebellious, selfish problem group, depicted in context of crime
- 2005 analysis conducted by MORI
- Majority of stories were negative (57%)
- 12% positive
- 40% of articles about young people focused on crime
- White et al (2012)
- Found broadcasters negatively stereotyped young people
- More than 40% of young people were dissatisfied with the way they were portrayed on TV as 'disrespectful'
- Representations driven by media news values
- Exaggerate deviant behaviour of a few young people out of proportion
- Distorts people's attitudes and give a misleading impression
- Older people are vulnerable to believing stereotypes, as impressions are strongly formed by media
- Cohen (2002)
- Young people are relatively powerless
- Young African-Caribbean males have been often used as scapegoats
- Using 'folk devils' to make a moral panic
- Uniting public against a common 'enemy' and encouraging them to support tough action against them
- As a result of media-generated moral panics, all young people may get labelled and stereotyped as troublesome
- Can be combated
- Major users of the internet
- By young people themselves, through social media and citizen journalism
- May mean media organisations have to change their media stereotypes
- From around age of 15 to early 20s
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