Monday 8 October 2012
Monday 1 October 2012
Essay
How do the dominant representations of teenagers reflect their collective identity?
All teenagers have their own identity, however, in the media they are all represented the same. This influences the audiences views and opinions on teenagers which are mainly negative and stereotypical. In this essay I will be discussing how Radio represents teenagers and how it reflects there identity.
There are specific radio stations which target teenagers through the choice of music played. For example, Kiss 100 fm plays up to date RnB, Hip Pop and Dance music. The lyrics in some of the songs include explicit words and phrases for example, Nicki Minajs songs. This language represents teenagers as many teenagers use this type of language in todays society, words such as "hoe". This reflects their collective identity, however not all youths use such language. Sometimes it depends on what area a person lives in, who they hang around with and how they have been brought up.
Kiss 100 Fm also advertise things such as itunes festival tickets which relates to a teenage audience. They advertise things like this to capture a teenage audience. After 9pm on some evenings Rap songs are played aswell as Dub step. This represents teenagers as most tenenagers listen and create Rap music in todays society. This is sometimes frowned upon by older people and seen negatively as most of the lyrics consist of "sex, violence and crime". This reflects their collective identity, however not all Rap songs include explicit, vile words. Some Rap songs are about families, memories and good things but on the other hand some have led to people losing their lives as they have written rudely about someone.
Radio stations such as Classic fm and BBC Radio 4 play music which cater for other audiences. Therefore these radio stations do not represent teenagers as the music they play is not aimed at them. Classic FM play more calm and chilled out music which teenagers would find boring and not something they would choose to listen to. The language used on these channels is more formal compared to the language sometimes used on Radio 1 where they'd speak more informally, including slang words.
In conclusion, other types of media for example; Films, the Web and Television programmes mostly represent teenagers in a negative way too. There are only a few cases in which teenagers are viewed and seen in a positive way. Programmes such as Glee represent teenagers in a good way as they all attend school and it shows diversity as there are a range of characters with different personalities.
All teenagers have their own identity, however, in the media they are all represented the same. This influences the audiences views and opinions on teenagers which are mainly negative and stereotypical. In this essay I will be discussing how Radio represents teenagers and how it reflects there identity.
There are specific radio stations which target teenagers through the choice of music played. For example, Kiss 100 fm plays up to date RnB, Hip Pop and Dance music. The lyrics in some of the songs include explicit words and phrases for example, Nicki Minajs songs. This language represents teenagers as many teenagers use this type of language in todays society, words such as "hoe". This reflects their collective identity, however not all youths use such language. Sometimes it depends on what area a person lives in, who they hang around with and how they have been brought up.
Kiss 100 Fm also advertise things such as itunes festival tickets which relates to a teenage audience. They advertise things like this to capture a teenage audience. After 9pm on some evenings Rap songs are played aswell as Dub step. This represents teenagers as most tenenagers listen and create Rap music in todays society. This is sometimes frowned upon by older people and seen negatively as most of the lyrics consist of "sex, violence and crime". This reflects their collective identity, however not all Rap songs include explicit, vile words. Some Rap songs are about families, memories and good things but on the other hand some have led to people losing their lives as they have written rudely about someone.
Radio stations such as Classic fm and BBC Radio 4 play music which cater for other audiences. Therefore these radio stations do not represent teenagers as the music they play is not aimed at them. Classic FM play more calm and chilled out music which teenagers would find boring and not something they would choose to listen to. The language used on these channels is more formal compared to the language sometimes used on Radio 1 where they'd speak more informally, including slang words.
In conclusion, other types of media for example; Films, the Web and Television programmes mostly represent teenagers in a negative way too. There are only a few cases in which teenagers are viewed and seen in a positive way. Programmes such as Glee represent teenagers in a good way as they all attend school and it shows diversity as there are a range of characters with different personalities.
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