Representation theorys

Question 1

Giroux

Answer 1

Youth
Youth representation is decribed as an empty caterogy, adults dont really understand the youth of this generation. This would lead to an uprising of steryotype and by the media which causes moral panic

Question 2

Acland

Answer 2

media shows youth as delinquents in order to enhance hegemony. This leads to and “ideology of protection” this idea that young people need constant surveillance.

Question 3

Hebdige

Answer 3

Youths are either shown as trouble or fun and there is no in-between which suggests the media representations of youth are not realistic.

Question 4

Alvarado

Answer 4

4 themes in racial reprsentations in the media:
-Exotic: representated as strange o unusual.
-Dangerous: Minorities are sometimes representated as a threat to society.
-Humorous: Butt of the joke.In the 70s race was a major vehicle for comedy.
-Pitied: ethnic groups may also be presented as deprived groups images of children often used.

Question 5

Paul Gilroy

Answer 5

The idea that colonial discourses continue to inform contemporary attitudes to race and ethnicity in the postcolonial era.Many post- colonialists suggest that there is still a lack of black images in the media today.