TRADITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH

Question 1

Heintz- Knowles

Answer 1

• stereotypical views of children in tv programmes.
• Children are portrayed in entertainment tv:
  -motivated by peer pressure and romance
• Anti social behaviours
• Minority ethnic groups are under represented
• Girls are twice as likely as boys to show affection

Question 2

Griffin

Answer 2

• youth are portrayed as a social problem in 3 ways:
  -deviant
  -Dysfunctional
  -Suffering a deficit

Question 3

Wayne

Answer 3

• 82% of the stories fussed on young people as either perpetrators or victims of victims of crime.
• Argues that this pattern of representation of youth ignores stories about how young people are affected by problems in housing, education, health and unemployment

Question 4

Women in Journalism

Answer 4

• examined how teenage boys were presented in national and local newspapers:
  
  • negative language to describe them
  • More stories about teens and crime
  • Few stories showed teen boys in a good light

Question 5

kelly

Answer 5

• language used by journalists to describe young people who come into contact with the law:
• dangerous
• Need of protection
• Immature

Question 6

Cohen

Answer 6

the media depicted youths as dangerous and deviant