youth Flashcards
1
Q
what is youth?
A
- generally ages 16-25
- people leaving school, going to universtity, getting first jobs, leaving home etc.
2
Q
what are some youth unemployment statistics?
A
- 2019 unemploymet rate was 11% for 18-24 - 3.2% for 35-49 year olds.
- reached a peak off 22.5% in 2011 - after 2008 financial crisis
3
Q
what are NEETS?
A
- people who are not in education, training or employment
4
Q
when was the most recent surge in NEETS?
A
- during the pandemic
- 16-24 year olds had the most job loses
- they lack experience and confidence needed to get back into the job market.
5
Q
what are zero hour contracts?
A
- these allow employees to hire staff with no guarantee of work.
- means employees only work when thy are needed by employers, often short notice, means pay varies, unstable income.
6
Q
zero hour contract stats
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- 9.1% of 16-24 year olds in 2021 were working zero hour contracts, compared to only 1.7% of 35-49 year olds.
7
Q
health and well being
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- increasing anxiety and depression among young women aged 16-24, 32% reporting some evidence of depression or anxiety in 2017 (26%) in 2016
- autumn 22 adults aged 16-24 were moat likely to experience some form of depression (28%)
- all data from ONS
8
Q
What is the youths particpation in democracy like?
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- young people more likely to vote labor
- turnout is generally much lower than old age and middle age.
9
Q
what was the 2017 ‘youthquake’ election?
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- a snap general election had been called and labour had an unexpected uptake in support
- due to both Jermey Corbyn and the facts polls suggested 18-24-year olds had an increasing likelihood of voting this election
- however, the British election study in 2017 found that election turnout amoung the youth increased relative to other age groups.
10
Q
how are the youth targeted in the media?
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- largely represented in terms of lifestyle and identity, with much of the music and fashion industries aiming their products at young people.
11
Q
youth and the media - issues
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- the youth are disproportionately likely to be represented as a problem
- parts of news coverage devoted to youth gangs, crime, and antisocial behavior, rather than challenges facing teenagers or the positive things they do.
12
Q
what is a moral panic?
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- generally youth subcultures have been the focus on media led moral panics
- occur by the media over exaggerating a crime happening, causing society to panic about a specific crime.
13
Q
what are folks devils?
A
groups of people whose common interests or activity has become stigmatized in society - seen as deviant
14
Q
what is deviancy amplification?
A
type of labelling theory, where an individual has been labelled as deviant and as a result they become even more deviant.
15
Q
what was the mods and rockers?
A
- two rival youth groups in the 60s
- they had a small scuffle on a beach
- reporting on it led to moral panic, reporters exaggerated what actually happened.
- as a result, the two groups became even more deviant
