Youth Identity

Question 1

Parsons

Answer 1

• childhood is a period when socialisation into society’s culture takes place
• family has two main functions: primary socialisation of children and stabilisation of adult personalities of the population of society
• adolescence is a time when children begin to develop independence from their parents

Question 2

Griffin

Answer 2

• media portray youths as a social problem in three ways
• dysfunctional (doesn’t function effectively), suffering a deficit (hard done by) and deviant (norm and law breaking )

Question 3

Heintz knowles

Answer 3

• conducted content analysis to study the way children are portrayed in entertainment television
• children are motivated most by peer relationships and romance and least by school related and religious issues
• majority of the characters engage in anti social behaviours which results in positive outcomes (eg. Horrid Henry)
• children from minority ethnic groups are under represented