Introduction- Paragraph 1
Introduce what my critical investigation is on and the
working title: ‘To what extent does news
media create moral panic and represent teenagers in a negative way that the
public should fear’.
What is that makes the viewer’s believe in the media when
surely the audience should know that its mediated and can be exaggerated.
Explain my hypothesis: To what extent does news media create
moral panic and represent teenagers in a negative way that the public should
fear?
Give a general outline of how teenagers are represented
including genders. “It highlights a
marked increase in the number of girl gang members and a rise in sexual
violence within gang” - Riots response led to more gang violence, says CSJ
Paragraph 2- Issues and debates raised
Representation
and stereotyping: The way the media demonises the youth has left
an imprint on today’s society as being ill-mannered, violent and being
associated with drugs, sex and gangs. Hoodies, joggers, baseball caps,
oversized shirts are a part or the iconography of the stereotyped teens. The
media reports certainly do amplify stories to do with the youth like in recent
events such as the protests and riots; it was all that was shown on all news
channels. Where’s the success of teenagers? Their academic success?
Achievements?
Moral
Panic: Moral panic is caused when the media exaggerates stories scaring the
public. For example the summer of 2011; the London riots. People were informed
to stay inside and to not go outside at the fear of being attacked or robbed
and also to keep children inside so they wouldn’t join the riots. The news
reached all over so before long, even places that weren’t affected would have
heard about it which resulted in more panic
Regulation
and censorship: There have been rules put up to restrict the
view of violence from children but what about teenagers; they’ll still be
affected with what they see on the TV and on video games. It influences their
behaviour and attitudes.
Paragraph 3- The change in technology/new and digital media.
Media
technology and the digital revolution – changing technologies in the 21st
century:
Teenagers have become massive consumers of emedia and especially social
networks such as Facebook and twitter.
There’s a riot going on
MediaMagazine 38, December 2011, Politics Special, Youth, Summer 2011, media, Twitter, social media
MediaMagazine 38, December 2011, Politics Special, Youth, Summer 2011, media, Twitter, social media
“But of course there have been riots and revolutions long
before the electronic media came along”
Also connect through Smartphones. Blackberries were a huge problem
in the summer of 2011. Moral panic as the news goes viral- ‘Sexting’,
sending naked pictures.
Paragraph 4- corrupted minds of teenagers
Young people’s minds have been corrupted due to many factors but one
major one is because of the media. The youth now have easier access to explicit
information like violence sex, drugs etc.
These are often glamorised in movies such as Kidulthood and ill manors
but only to a certain extent… crimes have consequences.
Paragraph 5- Main events: riots and protests.
Charlie Brooker’s screen wipe looks at many events and does a cover on
the riots in a less serious way.
Sub paragraph- another textual analysis on the young black youth who
stood up to Borris Johnson. It shows a more positive image of the opposite of
the stereotypical delinquent that we’re used to.
Quote: Marsh, Ian, and Gaynor
Melville. Crime, justice and the media. London: Routledge, 2009. Print.- “Dorfman
(2001) found that over three-quarters (76%) of the public said they formed their
opinions about crime from what they see or read in the news, more than three
times the number of those who said they got their primary information on crime
from personal experience (22%).”
Paragraph 6- the effect on other people.
How does the representation of teenagers affected others view on them. Does
it change anything in their lives like their everyday routine e.g. taking
another route to avoid certain paths. Regoli,
Robert M., and John D. Hewitt. Delinquency in society. 3rd ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1997. Print.: “In the
public’s mind, a few juveniles hanging out together on a street corner elicits
the image of delinquent gang. While these juveniles may not belong to any
formal gang.”
Malik,
Sarita. Representing black Britain: black and Asian images on television.
London: SAGE, 001. Print.: “Radicalized
difference is a key feature of British race relations and has been aptly borne”
Why has this happened?
Folk Devils and Moral
Panics: 30th Anniversary Edition by Stanley Cohen 1980: “What had happened was
inevitably going to happen again
Moral panic causes people to think events will
reoccur because of the constant coverage.
Paragraph 7- Historical
How have the representation of delinquents changed.
Use quadrophenia text analysis as the example.
Paragraph 8- Conclusion
Bring all the points together. Answer the question;
teens are over represented in negative way causing moral panic for example,
riots, protest, coverage on news etc…
On the other hand they can be shown in a more positive
light. Use the Borris Johnson clip.
But negatives outweigh the positives’ giving the overall
view that youths are all juveniles.
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