Wednesday, 6 January 2016

media representations of youth reflects societies concerns and fears

Cohen - deviancy amplification theory - media hype phenomenon - a moral panic meaning that a lot of people started to believe this representations which they saw in the media. this view was viewed in a negative way, one event that stands out was the London riots in 2011
Moral panic sometimes leads to more media coverage of this
a group of people who are seen as a threat to society

Gerbners cultivation theory - primary preposition of cultivation theory states that the more people are linked to the media, the more they begin to believe it

Acland - social order is maintained by views held by majority of the public - negative views which are sometimes false, allow the state to have the power (hegemony - order of authority)

Todorov - equilibrium, dis equilibrium

Anne Gould - b

Giroux - giroux argues that in media representations
Media has the power to create stereotypes 

Spectatorial audience believe what they see



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