media-representations of age

whta did Heintz-Knowles do (childhood)

-conducted a content analysis on ways in which children are portrayed in entertainment/TV
-2002

What did Heintz-Knowles find?

-children are often motivated by peer relationships + romance
-tv bascially never shows children dealing with important issues
-many characters enagae in anti-social behaviours and are rewarded
-ethnic minorities are underepresnted
-boys are girls are presented equally but portrayed very differently

what did Heintz-Knowles findings suggest

that the representations contain stereotypes
and the programming reflect a adult perspective on children

postman (childhood)

WROTE BEFORE INVENTION OF THE INTERNET
-claimed that childhood had not existed as a concept in earlier historical eras
-claims modern idea of childhood has began to disappear as children interact with more and more with the media
-claims children are oversexualised in the media

Rosen and Crafter (childhood)

Uk media simultaneously portrays child refugees as innocent,tragic victims and suspicious illegitimate immigrants

Buckingham (childhood)

modern TV programmes for children such as the teletubbies portray generic global childhoof and culture that trancends national difference

what did Osgerby (youth) study

the shifts in media representations of youth in the 2nd half of the 20th Century

what did Osgerby find?

-a recurring theme if "young-as-trouble"
-shifts in media representations of youth,reflect wider cultural developments
-compared post war (50s-60s) to 70-80s
-post war was presented positivley and hopefull but 70s was presented as darker and violent

wayne (youth)

28% of TV centred on young people and 82% of those focused on young people being perpetrartors or victims of crime

what did wayne said his findings suggest

the pattern of how much young people are affected by is ignored and the lack of centred TV on them mirrors the wider role that young people play in commercial culture

what did women in journalism look at (youth) ?

examined national and regional newspaper content on how teenage boys were covered

what did women in journalism find ?

terms used for them included "thugs" "evil" and "feral"
was more about teens and crime then teens and any other subject
when teen boys were asked 85% said newspapers portray them in a bad light

Landis (older ppl)

identified a number of stereotypes in representations of older people e.g. grumpy old man
concluded these ignore the complexity of the real characters

cuddy and fiske ( older ppl)

showed in the US,TV programmes portrayed 1.5% of their characters as elderly

Milner, Van Norman and Milner (older ppl)

Often missing from media portrayals is a balanced view of ageing
one that reflects the challenges, while embracing the opportunities too