Representation of teenage Men- Rebeleous, Rude, Lazy
Teenage Men-
- Lazy (negative)
- rebeliouis (negative)
- rude (megative)
Teenage Women-
- hormonal, ( negative)
- dumb, (Negative)
- self centered (Problematic)
Elderly Men-
- Golf, (positive)
- Racist, (problamatic)
- Burden (Negative)
Elderly Women –
- lonely, (Negative)
- good at baking, (positive)
- sweet (posotive)
Stereotypes
Children- innocent – Dewy, Maclom in the middle
Teenagers- lazy
20s-30s Having Fun
Middle Aged- Not aware of pop culture
Elderly- Powerless.
Key Terms
Reinforce- Same as the domminant representation
Challenge- Representations that are different from the domminant
Ideology- set of beleifs
Dick Hebdidge
Teenagers-
Trouble
Fun
Micheal Brake– categorises teens into
Respectable
Delinquient
Graeme Burton- Srgues that the teen subculture is in oposition to the dommiunant culture ‘Problematisation’ to descrive the problem of youths
Diffrent age groups are represented in differeent ways.
A middle age charachter is represented as wanting to be young and back in the 20s-30s sterotype. This is shwon by the Mis En Scene from the actor looking like a middleage man however the costume is soemthing a sterotypical teenager would wear. This makes the audience connote that the charachter is trying to fit in the pop culture of teenagers to fit in the school environment and feel younger by relating with the teenagers