Age Flashcards
Traditional media reps of childhood - Heinz-Knowles
Media portray children stereotypically from the view of adults. from a content analysis, he found children are motivated by peer relationships and romance, engage in anti-school behaviors and that minority ethnic groups are underrepresented.
Traditional media reps of youth - Griffin
Youth are a social problem, that amplifies their deviance and causes moral panics through being dysfunctional, suffering a deficit and deviance.
Traditional media reps of youth - Wayne
Youth is the main subject of news where 82% of stories focus on young people as perpetrators or victims. This pattern represents youth as affected by problems in housing, education, health and abuse.
Traditional media reps of youth - Women in Journalism
‘Hoodies in Altar Boys’ study found teen boys were negatively portrayed in local and national news through language like ‘thugs. monster, scum’. Topics of teen crime were popularised. Teen boys were seen in a bad light
Traditional media reps of youth - Kelly
Researched language journalist used to describe young people and found they are describes as dangerous, in need of protection and immature.
Traditional media reps of the elderly - Landis
They are represented as stereotypical, depicted as one dimensional, grumpy, sickly, lonely
e.g. The Simpsons - Abe
Traditional media reps of the elderly - Cuddy and Fiske
In the us 1.5% of charters were elderly, played minor roles and were a form of comedy. There mental, physical capacities were ineffective.
Traditional media reps of the elderly - Milner, Van Nomran and Milner
The media don’t portray a balanced view of ageing.
Changing reps of childhood - Postman
Childhood began to disappear as children interacted more with media. They are sexualised, and adults and children share the same media like music/ films. Children and youth are exposed to adult content.
Changing reps of youth - Osgerby
In 2nd half of the 20th century, there was a theme of ‘youth as trouble’. In the early half of the 20th century youth were portrayed as hope and positive later they were associated with violence and deviating from norms.
Changing reps of the elderly - Lee et al
From an advert study, he found old people were underrepresented appearing in 15% of adverts. 90% of this was positive they were portrayed as ‘golden agers’. Older elder men were more visible and associated with high status older women were associated with family and poverty.
Changing reps of elderly - Biggs
Large number of older people apperead in soaps, older people were reped as more active,
Changing reps of elderly - Carrigan and Szmigin
Advertisers targeted old people as consumers for the grey pound. Led to positive image of aging
