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Crystal Jagdev
Teens represented in UK Films
• Teens are shown in films by stereotypes that exist in the media and
‘represent’ the minority of teens
• Stuart price argues that representations reinforce dominant ideologies
in society.
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• The U.K tribes website is a great example of the ‘groups’ which
teenagers fit into by society.
• UK Tribes started in 2005, when Channel 4 commissioned Crowd DNA to
run a project called TV Glue, which looked to measure how TV could
remain a unifying force in the midst of media fragmentation.
• The U.K Tribes website shows how teenagers fit into stereotypes, that in
conclusion adults have made for them; such as emos, chavs, townies,
smart urban and trendies.
• In UK Films we see these stereotypes in action, the most controversial
UK film recently was Kidulthood.
Kidulthood
• Kids these days are growing up too fast and this film shows this
behaviour. You have a bullying storyline, young people coming
up against issues of sex for the first time, taking drugs and
dealing with a teenage pregnancy.
• This looks into moral panic; where we del with issues of crime
and pregnancies which we see in the news- shown in a U. K film
• However the stereotypes and representations of teenagers are
usually negative through all medias. This is due to the
ownership and control issues
• Within the film we see how the character go through daily
issues of bulling and crime and sexual behaviour.
• This positive representation shows how even stereotypes that are thrust
upon teenagers can overcome this and work together with others