Representations of age in the media
- Created by: Olivia O'Neill
- Created on: 18-05-15 11:32
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- Representat-ions of young people in the media
- Positive
- Main study: Ellie Simmonds winning a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics
- Heralded as a role model for younger people due to hard work and perseverance
- Paralympic champion at 14 adds to success - due to disablitity
- Positive image used in newspapers
- Heralded as a role model for younger people due to hard work and perseverance
- Main study: Ellie Simmonds winning a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics
- Negative
- Main case study: 2011 London Riots
- Was presented to audiences through news media thus presenting the dominant ideology
- The point of view of the creators of the text. May be explicit i.e. tabloid papers of implicit
- This led to papers becoming opinion leaders offering a constructed view of young people and the events
- Those in positions of power who aim to persuade an audience of their point of view
- As most audience could not give a first hand account of the riots they relied on these papers for information
- Emotive language used by papers to hook audience
- Daily Star 'Anarchy in the UK'
- Flaming Morons - thugs and thieves terrorise Britain's streets'
- Emotive image of hooded figure standing in front of burnt out car to inspire fear in audience
- Purpose: to sell papers
- Effect: Gives off a stereotypical view that all young people rebel against authority and have a destructive nature
- Purpose: to sell papers
- Was presented to audiences through news media thus presenting the dominant ideology
- Main case study: 2011 London Riots
- Youth are often portrayed in the media as a social problem, as immoral or anti-authority and consequently constructed as deviants as part of a moral panic.
- Often focus on concerns around young people subcultures (teddy boys, hoodies)
- Or lifestyle (drinking, drug taking) has attracted disapproval by public authority
- Often focus on concerns around young people subcultures (teddy boys, hoodies)
- Positive
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