What representations of young people can be found in E20? This should be an extended answer with textual analysis and examples from what you have watched.
Representation of young people within the E20 show is to a great extent negative. For example how we have the opening of E20, where first of all we see the word E20 written in red almost like blood which connotes death and negativity etc, and then we have E20 written right next to the normal EastEnders title which shows the contrasts between two societies and two generations, relating to Said's theory of them vs us as how its the young people vs the older generations and their views. Furthermore another point to show the negative representation is the opening scene of episode 1 for season 3 we how a mother is chucking her half clothed daughter out of the house, which not only is a negative representation of young people, as they are shown to be lazy and good for nothing. But the scene also reflects negative representations of women and also black people as how with the whole idea of single parenting and the daughter being sexually objectificied. in addition you can also argue how the show reflects Gramscis theory of hegemony as how we see the young people from a working class are which can show how the media etc is owned by the middle class and are hence negatively representing working class so audiences accept this and the middle class can carry on their ruling as society will accept this as a norm for example how there's a shot of a young girl being arrested by the police.
Why might producers and audiences be more interested in negative stereotypes of young people?
- concept of hegemony- People see it as normal due to the moral panic
-current problem- people want to watch it more
-preffered and oppisitonal views- debates are sparked
What other examples of representations of young people can you find from British television? Can you think of any positive or unexpected representations of young people?
- positive- Young apprentice- Shows young people as aspirational and hard-working
-negative- Some girls
Thursday 6 December 2012
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Leveson inquiry
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron-agrees-to-draft-leveson-1466482
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/dec/04/leveson-report-editors-regulation-no-10-meeting
Summary
After many debates over whether the press should be regulated or not, it finally came to a decision that there should be some regulations on the press media after the leveson inquiry controversy.
My opinion
in my opinion putting regulations on print media won't make a huge difference. As one side we can talk about how E-media is the current media platform and is the most used so if people are worried that their voice or the truth will be edited, social networking and e-media platforms are there for audiences to speak about what they feel is right. However to some extent we can say hegemony will take place as the ruling class will dominate the media, but then again with the uses and gratification theory we can say how audiences can decline and accept what they like n what they don't.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/dec/04/leveson-report-editors-regulation-no-10-meeting
Summary
After many debates over whether the press should be regulated or not, it finally came to a decision that there should be some regulations on the press media after the leveson inquiry controversy.
My opinion
in my opinion putting regulations on print media won't make a huge difference. As one side we can talk about how E-media is the current media platform and is the most used so if people are worried that their voice or the truth will be edited, social networking and e-media platforms are there for audiences to speak about what they feel is right. However to some extent we can say hegemony will take place as the ruling class will dominate the media, but then again with the uses and gratification theory we can say how audiences can decline and accept what they like n what they don't.
Sunday 2 December 2012
Kidulthood Questions
What representation of young people in London do we see in the opening of Kidulthood?
-in Kidulthood opening scene we see negative representations of young people. Such as they are being represented as stupid and violent etc. As how in the opening scene we see how a girl is beaten up in the class room and a another young boy working on a gun. This relates to social realism as how the movie is based on a school which is in west London where shown to have majority working class families living there, it reflects the gritty life style and to get that sense of realism, we see the characters wearing uniform and going to class. Also we can see a sense of post modernist society as how within the high school opening scene there are different types of groups reflecting how society has different types of groups and have their clashes.
Is it a fair representation?
According to a teenagers perspective it isn't a fair representation as the opening scene really reflects a negative representation of young people. As we see how violent and crazy young people, this can relate to Gramscis theory as we can say the media is controlled by the middle class and how the characters in the movie are working class we can say how the middle class want us to accept this negative reality of the working class. Furthermore also how news channels etc really emphasises on teen crimes older people and working class might think this is a fair representation due to how media institutions has injected this negative image (hypodermic needle) hence them thinking this is a fair representation.
Is it a good example of verisimilitude (think of realism or being true-to-life)?
to some extent we can say it does show a good example of verisimilitude as how the opening scene shows the atmosphere of a high school for example the students wearing uniform and going to class etc. However arguably we can say that it doesn't show a good example of realism as how some people might be able to relate to the situations other people can't showing a generalised image of teenagers, which isn't a good sense of realism.
Has a process of mediation taken place with the film makers concentrating on one aspect of youth culture?
the process of mediation has taken place, as how the opening scene shows all these different negative interactions between teenagers and has put it in the opening. Furthermore with the use of editing and also camera shots for example low angle shots shows how certain people were shown to be more dominating then others. As how the we are watching and accepting the culture of youth as how the writer director is showing us, which isn't the actual truth its just the directors version of the truth. As overall not all west London youth culture is like this, however we are only seeing one side of it.
-in Kidulthood opening scene we see negative representations of young people. Such as they are being represented as stupid and violent etc. As how in the opening scene we see how a girl is beaten up in the class room and a another young boy working on a gun. This relates to social realism as how the movie is based on a school which is in west London where shown to have majority working class families living there, it reflects the gritty life style and to get that sense of realism, we see the characters wearing uniform and going to class. Also we can see a sense of post modernist society as how within the high school opening scene there are different types of groups reflecting how society has different types of groups and have their clashes.
Is it a fair representation?
According to a teenagers perspective it isn't a fair representation as the opening scene really reflects a negative representation of young people. As we see how violent and crazy young people, this can relate to Gramscis theory as we can say the media is controlled by the middle class and how the characters in the movie are working class we can say how the middle class want us to accept this negative reality of the working class. Furthermore also how news channels etc really emphasises on teen crimes older people and working class might think this is a fair representation due to how media institutions has injected this negative image (hypodermic needle) hence them thinking this is a fair representation.
Is it a good example of verisimilitude (think of realism or being true-to-life)?
to some extent we can say it does show a good example of verisimilitude as how the opening scene shows the atmosphere of a high school for example the students wearing uniform and going to class etc. However arguably we can say that it doesn't show a good example of realism as how some people might be able to relate to the situations other people can't showing a generalised image of teenagers, which isn't a good sense of realism.
Has a process of mediation taken place with the film makers concentrating on one aspect of youth culture?
the process of mediation has taken place, as how the opening scene shows all these different negative interactions between teenagers and has put it in the opening. Furthermore with the use of editing and also camera shots for example low angle shots shows how certain people were shown to be more dominating then others. As how the we are watching and accepting the culture of youth as how the writer director is showing us, which isn't the actual truth its just the directors version of the truth. As overall not all west London youth culture is like this, however we are only seeing one side of it.
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