Media - Representations of Age

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  • Created on: 21-11-19 11:50

1. Which of the following ideas was put forward by Newman?

  • Upper and middle class men shown to have status roles, healthy, fit and socially involved in dramas
  • That children are consumers, using pester power to get what they want which leads to poor families going into debt
  • Men have negative stereotypes based on their profession as opposed to physical attractiveness and old women are seen as passive, isolated, unpleasant and poor
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2. Which of the following are not stereotypes of children frequently used by the media?

  • Playful and loving
  • Accessories and modern
  • Cute and brilliant
  • Little devils and brave little angels

3. Who found that old age is only represented in 15% of advertising but 91% of those using old age in adverting use 'golden agers'?

  • Stoller and Gibson
  • Lee
  • Newman
  • Robinson

4. What is the postmodernist view of media?

  • Media is diverse and new media young people can create positive and profitable identities for themselves
  • It is essential for socailalisation, enforcing norms + values/ boundary maintenance. Informs of expectations of children + ensures conformity and social solidarity
  • The media is negative because it encourages violence and promotes extremist views that threaten society
  • It reflects reality - youth commit more crime and this is newsworthy so sells so is reported on more

5. Wayne did a study involvin g 286 youth stories in the news with 28% about celebrity and 82% about youths as victims/ perpetrators of violent crime with only 1% showing a youth perspective

  • True
  • False
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