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Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Choose three words to describe the young people in the representations we have studied.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

TextRepresentation of YouthHow are young people represented?

Key PointsWhat is the significance of the representation? You may want to consider the issue of social class.

TheoryWhich theorists can you discuss in relation to the representations

Additional ReferencesCan you link your discussion to any articles we looked at.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

TextEden Lake (2008)

Representation of YouthExtreme representation of young people as violent and sadistic. Young people clearly represented as working class. Use of horror genre conventions to represent young people as horror film monster.

Key PointsVery negative representation of working class young people, plays on middle class fears.TheoryGramsci hegemony; Giroux empty category; Acland deviant youths reinforce hegemony; Philo middle class anxiety; Wood normality and monsters.

Additional ReferencesHoodie Cinema article.Eden Lake (2008)

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

TextHarry Brown (2009)

Representation of YouthStereotypical and very negative representation of young people as violent criminals who are a threat to social order and safety of normal people.

Key PointsVery negative representation of working class young people. Middle class fantasy or punishing working class youth.TheoryGramsci hegemony; Giroux empty category; Acland deviant youths reinforce hegemony; Philo middle class anxiety.

Additional ReferencesHoodie Cinema article.Harry Brown (2009)

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

TextAttack the Block (2011)

Representation of YouthBegins with stereotypical hoodie representations, young people as criminal. Representation becomes more sympathetic as we get to know the youths.

Key PointsRepresentation challenges the stereotypical representation of working class youth. Resolves class tensions with middle class adult character.

TheoryGramsci hegemony; Dyer- entertainment and utopia.

Additional ReferencesJoe Cornish interview challenging contemporary media representations of young people.

Attack the Block (2011)

TextRepresentation of YouthHow are young people represented?

Key PointsWhat is the significance of the representation? You may want to consider the issue of social class.

TheoryWhich theorists can you discuss in relation to the representations

Additional ReferencesCan you link your discussion to any articles we looked at.

TextMisfits (2009-)

Representation of YouthUse negative stereotypes (ASBO, chavs) and subverts them. Use of superhero trope to make the representation more positive. Young people more sympathetic. Perspective of young characters.

Key PointsChallenges negative representations. Shown on channel aimed at youth audience.

TheoryGramsci hegemony; Wearing negative discourse about social class.

Additional ReferencesMisfits article part of a wider trend of media representations of the underclass.

Misfits (2009-)

TextPeople Like Us (2013)

Representation of YouthUse of negative stereotypes benefits, single mothers, deprivation, but may encourage viewers to sympathise with characters.

Key PointsFocus on lower class youths from a middle class perspective. Reinforces class prejudice.

TheoryGramsci hegemony; Giroux empty category.

Additional ReferencesGuardian article People Like Us as poverty porn.

People Like Us (2013)Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.TextHoodies or Altar Boys Report (2009)

Representation of YouthHow are young people represented?

Key PointsWhat is the significance of the representation? You may want to consider the issue of social class.

TheoryWhich theorists can you discuss in relation to the representations

Additional ReferencesCan you link your discussion to any articles we looked at.

Hoodies or Altar Boys Report (2009)Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.TextHoodies or Altar Boys Report (2009)

Representation of YouthFound that most news stories about teenage boys were negative and usually in relation to crime. Words used to describe teenage boys in newspapers include yob, scum, feral, inhuman, monster.

Key PointsNegative media representations are making people fearful of teenagers.

TheoryAlthusser; Acland; Gerbner cultivation theory; Cohen moral panic; Hebdige hegemony.

Additional References

Hoodies or Altar Boys Report (2009)

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.How might you answer this exam question?

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Refer to at least two types of media.Answer must be relevant to the question.Make connections.Clear argument.Balance of theory and texts.Personal engagement.Discussion of past, present, and future.Terminology.Media and Collective Identity Mark Scheme

Media and Collective Identity Mark Scheme

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.Essay Structure

IntroductionBegin with a quote. State focus (social group, texts) and argument.Historical Made in Britain (1982)/The Wild One (1953)Media Area 1 - NewspapersMedia Area 2 - Film(Media Area 3) - TelevisionConclusionSum up your argument, give your opinions, make a prediction for the future.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.Introduction

Henry A Giroux argues in media representations youth becomes an empty category reflecting the concerns of adults.media representations of youth serve the purpose of the middle class adults who produce themmedia representation of youth reinforce hegemony identify texts

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.Historical Representations

Media representations of young people have always tended to be negative, e.g. The Wild One (1953) shows a motorcycle gang terrorising a small town. Made in Britain (1982) focused on a delinquent, anti-social youth.

Both representations reflect anxieties of middle class adult society, in relation to the threat to hegemony posed by young people.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.Newspapers

Hoodies or Altar Boys 2009 study

Giroux constructed by adults.Gramsci/Acland negative representations reinforce hegemony, ideology of protection.Althusser media as ideological state apparatus.Cohen moral panic clarify moral boundaries.Gerbner cultivation theory.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.Film

Hoodie Cinema articleEden Lake/Harry Brown negative, extreme, middle class fear of working class youth.Giroux constructed by adults.Gramsci/Acland negative representations reinforce hegemony, ideology of protection.Wood normality and monsters.

Attack the BlockChallenges stereotypes Dyer (utopia).

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.Television

Misfits/People Like Us

Uses negative stereotypes.More sympathetic/less extreme aimed at youth audiences, shown on youth broadcasters.

Giroux constructed by adults.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.Conclusion

Sum up argument As I have shown most media representations of young people are negative. This is because they reflect the concerns of their middle class producers, and as a result usually reinforce hegemonyMore positive representations can be found on television channels aimed at younger people.The effect of media representations of young people isIn the future I believe(social media, young people can construct their own representations Student Fees protests, power of mass media).

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain how young people are represented in contemporary media, and apply relevant theory.

Choose one theory you can apply to the one of these representations.