Social construction of youth
Argues whether society construts out yout of biology
- Created by: SabaMasood
- Created on: 15-05-14 00:31
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- Social construction of youth
- Mead- Anthropological study of growing up in somoa and her research showed that not all teenagers experience storm and stress
- Youth is universal because of hormones teenagers experience when going through puberty. Everyone goes through 'storm and stress'
- Berger- he argues youthfulness is a state of mind rather than biological age
- Youth is socially constructed
- Youth is biologically constructed
- Postman- Children are exposed to mass media at a young age and experience adult content, which leads to a loss of innocence and a loss of youth
- Palmer- Refers to a 'toxic childhood' children are emotionally and intellectual development is being damaged by junkfood, powerful media and over testing in school, this again shortens childhood and proves you is socially constructed
- Aries- In the middle ages children were considered mini adults and held the same responsibilities. Children were seen as physically independent, Equal to adults and punished equally
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