ANALYSE THE WAYS IN WHICH THE MEDIA REPRESENT ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE STUDIED?

Introduction State the focus (youth) of what you are going to be

talking about and the argument of whether you are for or against.

The risk of this representation is that it only concentrates on the few young people that are violent, antisocial and dropouts compared to the millions of teenagers that focus on their education, future and good reputation.

Back up your decision using a quote and expand on it while giving examples. That the youth is seen as an ‘empty category’

Mention the theorists (Giroux, Hebdige and Acland) and how they are relevant to what you are talking about and develop further on.

Historical Start from the negative representations of youth and how it

has been occurring for years. “Youth in general are often represented negatively in the

media since the 1950s simply because how their culture (values and behaviours) has changed since the war.”

Link it to ‘The Wild One 1953’- the adults fear and anxieties to reinforce hegemony “it is the principle of life, if someone is going to be bad they ought to be punished”

And how ‘Rebel without a Cause 1955’ emphasises on how Jim’s ‘identity is blurred , he is expected to be a child and an adult at the same time’ and the idea of the teens turning to alcohol and violence because their parents are neglecting them. Jim ‘ I don’t know why I do the things I do’

Expand on your points in relation to the threat to hegemony posed by young people and how the media focused on the delinquent, antisocial youth.

Film The teenagers in the ‘The Wild One’ exposed to us the

idea of internalisation (the idea that we completely accept the belief and behavior of a group and conform privately and publicly) which is one of the three forms of conformity,

That we witness an individual’s behavior and judge the rest of that individuals friends as the same.

In the film ‘The wild One’ and ‘ Rebel without a Cause‘ there was a clear difference between the teenagers and adults. The teens were the ‘delinquents of society’, aggressive and out of control whereas the adults were highly mannered, respectful and dressed in a way that they were expected to.

Connect the idea of how negative representations reinforce hegemony and the ideology of protection- Gramsci/Aclands.

Brain storm possible ideas

Identifying key and relevant points

Arranging points in a coherent order

Adding examples and theorists to the points made Main Points Details (Incl. Context) Media

examples

Theorists

1. Youth in general are often represented negatively in the media

The idea of hegemony and how it is easily constructed into society. The teens are the ‘delinquents of society’, aggressive and out of control whereas the adults were highly mannered, respectful and dressed in a way that they were expected to.

‘The Wild One’ and ‘Rebel without a Cause’

Giroux says that the media puts youth into the ‘empty category’. Gramsci and Hebdige state that the dominant class project their own ideologies so that those who are subordinated accept it as ‘common sense’ and ‘natural’.

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Print

‘Hoodies or Altar Boys’ Giroux talks about how the media is

constructed by the adults Cohen- moral panic. Focus on the

youth and how they are impacted by the media.

Gerbner- cultivation theory

Conclusion

Sum up the argument- Mention the positive representations

and say your opinion on it and how the media portrays these representations

The effect of media representations of young people is….

How you think the media is going to change due to the social media. The youth will have a voice because of twitter, face book and instagram.