Youth Disadvantage In The Media

Question 1

Cohen

Answer 1

Negative labelling of youths in the media such as mods and rockers causing a moral panic and labelled as folk devils leading to self fulfilling prophecy

Question 2

Griffin

Answer 2

Youths labelled by the media in 3 ways: dysfunctional, suffering a deficit and deviant creating a self fulfilling prophecy and negative treatment from the public

Question 3

Women in journalism

Answer 3

Carried out study hoodies or altar boys examining how teenage boys were presented in national and local newspapers, found negative language to describe them, more stories about teens and crime than any other topic, few stories shows teen boys in a good light, 85% of teen boys said newspapers portray them in a bad light but reality TV was seen to portray them the most fairly and found teenagers were weary of other teenagers