8/17/2019 A2 Set 4 - Buckingham

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 Buckingham

David Buckingham is

currently Professor of Education at the Institute of 

Education, London

University where he directs

the Centre for the Study of 

Children, outh and !edia"

Identity

Buckingham says that in

order for teenagers to seek a

denition of their identity

they attempt to assert their

individuality but also follow

others to sense a status of

self-esteem. Representation

is closely linked to

stereotypes.

Show how these ideas relate to our case studies

here:

Blogs are a #rime e$am#le of how teenagers use the we% &"' to challenge the

re#resentation of the collective grou#s" But also #roduce their own identities

such as (oe Sugg and Shirley B Eniang"

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Buckingham says that web

!." gives teenagers an

opportunity to challenge

the common stereotyped

representation of their own

collective group.Buckingham argues that

teenagers use vlogs#blogs

and personal webpages for

two completely di$erent

things. Buckingham has

written that there are lots

of opportunities to produce