Use the theories below to make comments on how the media presents YOUTH in three films and three newspaper clips
THEORY
Stanley Hall: STRESS! teenage years are full of storm and stress: identity confusion
Ogesby: CONFUSION! teenagers present a mixed metaphor of fun/danger/consumers
Hebdige: STYLE! youth is fun/youth is trouble reject hegemony through style
Acland: REVOLT! youth is anti social -needs to be managed by society nanny state
Gerbner: FEAR! society is frightened by the media portrayal of youth/cultivates this portrayal
Giroux: REFLECTS! representations reflect adult view/society view not reality
Cohen: PANIC! media creates a moral panic about the 'youth of today'.'folk devils'
Rebel without a Cause 1956 : family/peer pressure/parternal failures create problems
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