Youth

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who in 1976 conducted interviews with teenage girls and found out that their subculture was based on mass media and experimenting with makeup?
McRobbie and Garber
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define teenager
someone between the age of 13 and 19
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what is the disappearance of childhood?
Postman's view that the innocent age , in which the young have little responsibility has faded.
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What is the bedroom subculture?
a group of teenager girls
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what is youth?
the period between childhood and adulthood.
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what is the social construction of youth?
age of youth is not the same everywhere, and that social factors affect both age and norms.
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what is the evidence for youth being a biological stage?
- all go through puberty - all notice changes in behavior -go through times of being unsure of themsleves.
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what is the evidence for social construction of youth?
- LAW responsibilties differ eg: America to drink is 21 but UK is 16 - SOCIAL NORMS - england average person to get married is 27 but Niger it is 17 - EMOTIONAL - Mead (1927) samoan didn't feel like that.
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what is the cause of the dissapearance of childhood?
Postman said it is because of the adult messages sent to the mass media and the kids become confused little adults.
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what is transition?
a period of change from one stage to the next
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define rite of passage
initiation into the next stage of life
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what is conformity?
following the rules
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state 2 examples of the rites of passae
Bar Mitzvah - jewish kids girl (12) and boys (13) go to classes to learn about beind a future jewish parent, a ceremony marks their transition. Also the Debutantes, in england upper class girls used to become women when presented to society a ball.
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how does your peer group control you?
the fear of being rejected/humilated. Sanctions can be verbal/physical, pressure to conform from our peers
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what norms are young people connected by?
- legal position of young people - biological changes eg; moodswings - society's expectations of young people ie: not being a parent
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define youth culture
a set of norms and values that connect all young people
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what is the growth of affluence?
increase in wealth
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what is the manipulation of the media?
the idea that the media created youth culture to make money
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which sociologist in 1976 investigated skinheads?
J.Clarke
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what did this sociologist find out?
that the skinhead culture united members of the working class to release their status frustration to eachother. They were racist usually
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Youth subculture came to Britain in WW2 why was this?
- growth of affluence - young people leaving school at 15 & had jobs, so they had money to spend on their subculture. - school leaving age rose so had more time to spend on their subculture
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what are 4 reasons to join a subculture?
- shared interests - rite of passage ( expirement and try to be their own person) - peer group pressure - solution to problems ie: racism to share ur problems
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define deliquent subculture
groups that commit illegal activities
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define teenager

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what is youth?

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