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all throughout history, the youth have been demonised
from roman times --> the noughties
"shoot them and if that doesn't work shoot a few more" (Bernados advert)
Theorist: Thomas De Zengotita - mediated book 2005
Almost everything we know about the world comes to us through some form of media
This influences our views of the world and even our 'self' definition (Locan mirror image - identification/ aspiration)
Terminology
'Moral Panic' Stanly Cohen 1960s
Texts always show negative teenagers representation
'Hoodie' in relation to youth, often become synonyms with criminal behaviour - hoods banned in Bluewater
Newspapers 6,500 stories of young people: half crime, 1 in 10 allowed voice of young person, 600 references to 'yob', 250 to 'thug,' 'angel' and 'model student' but only used if young person died, murdered or in accident
3 different points of view - media, teens and adults
all of the people talking about young people don't know young people at all
Refer to: Harry Brown and Attack the Block [Samsung picture advert]
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