1) In “skins” the teenagers are presented to be joyful and adventurous making most of their life. This is shown through their body language as they are shown smiling and doing card tricks. The location compared to “bully” is also different as most of the scenes are outside showing that the teenagers are adventurous and that their life not revolve around the their college. Their customer makes the teenage characters look anti-social. On the other hand, the teenagers are shown smoking shows deviant behaviour.
However, in “bully” the teens are showing being aggrieve to each other, this stands up to the game’s title as “bully”. The characters are shown in their school uniform and in the school itself which shows that their life is revolved around their school. In a scene a student is showing saying soon this school will be ours” this shows that the teenagers life is revolved around their college.
2)The media text can be seen as a moral panic as parents may think that their children playing games such as “bully” or watching drama shows such as “skins” will influence their kids to do what ever the characters do in the media text. For example, “bully” may influence teenagers to be rebels and be trouble makers, this will cause a moral panic.
On the other hand, “skins” may influence teenagers to have sex and smoke. This will cause moral panic as it will make teenagers put their life in danger by smoking which then can lead to drugs and the show can also influence teenagers to have sex which can lead to teen pregnancy.
3)New digital media has given younger audience the opportunities to shape heir own media representation, this is done by giving teenagers a verity of media text to select from, all consisting of different themes and concepts. For example, “skins” will be targeted at free spirits as the show is about living life to the fullest . however, “bully” will be targeted at arm chair rebels as it shows teenagers rebelling against adults and other teenagers.
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Tuesday 5 April 2011
Section A
Compare and contrast the two texts, with particular reference to the representation of teenagers.
The metro gives a negative representation of youths; this is represented by a picture of black teenager holding a gun. This gives teenagers a stereotypical negative representation as if all teenagers are involved in gang culture, by showing a picture of a teenage holding a gun stereotypically trying to say as if all black teenagers are rebel gangsters.
On the other hand, the daily mail is rephrasing the term “gang of yobs” with “group” which shows a positive representation of the gang culture. Instead of being criticised negatively by the media they are being shown as if they are like any other ordinary group. The teenagers in the daily mail are not labelled as gangsters; however as a group which is a positive representation of teenagers. Daily mails are not representing the teenagers as rebels which are the opposite of what metro are doing.
Consider the view that the current press treatment of teenagers is simply another ‘moral panic’
The current press treatment of teenagers is another moral panic, reason being is because everyone uses the internet and social networks. As metro claims that “how armed teenage thugs recruit on web” this sends a moral panic as parents would not want their kids to be involved in gang cultures. On the other hand, the society would not want to be a victim or involved in the gang culture due to the negative representation of the teenage gang culture as presented in metro.
Articles such as metro’s given teenage groups a stereotypical negative representation as gang members. Metro states that teenage gang’s are recruiting over the internet shows that these teenage gang cultures are growing. This causes a moral panic in the society as people do not want to be associated with gang culture and by knowing that these gangs are growing causes a moral panic.
There are always concerns about new technology. In your view, what are the possible benefits and problems attached to social networking, particularly on the Internet?
The benefits of the social networking in the new media is that social websites such as youtube, twitter, facebook etc is able to bring everyone closer together no matter where people are in the world. People are able to make new friends in a different country and are able to experience how other people are living. Instead of having to waste money on mail or telephone, special network allows the global society to keep in touch within seconds. Social networks such as Skype has allowed people to save money and visually make calls to people across the word, this saves people money as it is free to join so there is no need to make calls.
Social networks allow news to travel faster, for example news such as the civil war in Libya and Egypt etc were able to be heard due to youtube. The audience are able to make their own user generated content are able to get their views across the world and views by a large audience.
The problems attached to social networking are that the society are not going out into the real world and socialising. This is dumbing down the society as they are being anti social and not socialising in person.
On the other hand, as anyone can access facebook, YouTube etc, kids are going in to sites that they shouldn’t and there is no way stopping them. Kids can see YouTube videos regardless the age limit. Social networking sites such as facebook also reveal to much personal information about the users. For example, facebook will reveal the city that the user is living in, what college, school, and university or working place they attend etc. People can easily invade other user’s privacy and find out information. Users can also see other user’s pictures, this is invading privacy.
The metro gives a negative representation of youths; this is represented by a picture of black teenager holding a gun. This gives teenagers a stereotypical negative representation as if all teenagers are involved in gang culture, by showing a picture of a teenage holding a gun stereotypically trying to say as if all black teenagers are rebel gangsters.
On the other hand, the daily mail is rephrasing the term “gang of yobs” with “group” which shows a positive representation of the gang culture. Instead of being criticised negatively by the media they are being shown as if they are like any other ordinary group. The teenagers in the daily mail are not labelled as gangsters; however as a group which is a positive representation of teenagers. Daily mails are not representing the teenagers as rebels which are the opposite of what metro are doing.
Consider the view that the current press treatment of teenagers is simply another ‘moral panic’
The current press treatment of teenagers is another moral panic, reason being is because everyone uses the internet and social networks. As metro claims that “how armed teenage thugs recruit on web” this sends a moral panic as parents would not want their kids to be involved in gang cultures. On the other hand, the society would not want to be a victim or involved in the gang culture due to the negative representation of the teenage gang culture as presented in metro.
Articles such as metro’s given teenage groups a stereotypical negative representation as gang members. Metro states that teenage gang’s are recruiting over the internet shows that these teenage gang cultures are growing. This causes a moral panic in the society as people do not want to be associated with gang culture and by knowing that these gangs are growing causes a moral panic.
There are always concerns about new technology. In your view, what are the possible benefits and problems attached to social networking, particularly on the Internet?
The benefits of the social networking in the new media is that social websites such as youtube, twitter, facebook etc is able to bring everyone closer together no matter where people are in the world. People are able to make new friends in a different country and are able to experience how other people are living. Instead of having to waste money on mail or telephone, special network allows the global society to keep in touch within seconds. Social networks such as Skype has allowed people to save money and visually make calls to people across the word, this saves people money as it is free to join so there is no need to make calls.
Social networks allow news to travel faster, for example news such as the civil war in Libya and Egypt etc were able to be heard due to youtube. The audience are able to make their own user generated content are able to get their views across the world and views by a large audience.
The problems attached to social networking are that the society are not going out into the real world and socialising. This is dumbing down the society as they are being anti social and not socialising in person.
On the other hand, as anyone can access facebook, YouTube etc, kids are going in to sites that they shouldn’t and there is no way stopping them. Kids can see YouTube videos regardless the age limit. Social networking sites such as facebook also reveal to much personal information about the users. For example, facebook will reveal the city that the user is living in, what college, school, and university or working place they attend etc. People can easily invade other user’s privacy and find out information. Users can also see other user’s pictures, this is invading privacy.
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