Tabloid Newspapers
1. Ricky Preddie, who was out on bail after being released from an 8 year sentence for the manslaughter, tried to escape from the hostel he was being held in, and fought with police officers when they tried to arrest him. He had broken the conditions on which he was out on. The story was reported in The Sun newspaper, and they used words like 'raging' and 'maddened' to describe him, making him out to be insane and not in his right mind. He would have been 19 when arrested so he was a youth st the time. His behaviour was similar to some of the historical examples we looked at, with him wanting to be part of a gang, and longing for freedom. The newspaper used pictures of him, one of a board appealing for information on the murder (taken at the time in 2000), a picture of the murdered boy, aged 10, and a picture of the father.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4123487.ece
2. Yobs out of control - Yobs have cost Brit businesses nearly £10 billion in the last year - Daily Mail, 16th February The language used in article clearly tries to reinforce the ill-behaviour of the youth, starting with the heading which promotes the sub-culture of Yobs in society damaging businesses for the fellow British population. The heading also refers to the idea of a 'loss of control', suggesting the idea that authority has lost it's grip of the youth of today. The article also promotes the underlying idea that Yobs are damaging an already struggle British business environment, especially as more and more companies move abroad. The high figure also places emphasis on the scale of the problem.
The image accompanying the article shows the stereotypical idea of youth's occupying the streets, creating an unwelcoming presences and the growing of unwanted youth culture in a modern society. This image helps presents the article in a clinical form, emphasizing importance.
The combination of language and images represents youth and youth culture in a bad spotlight, promoting the idea that youths are damaging the society of today and the grip authority use to have on youth has eroded. This creation of moral panic influences the public to believe the yob sub-culture is growing and poses a threat to the modern society.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/starsays/view/235651/Yobs-out-of-control/Yobs-out-of-controlYobs-out-of-controlYobs-out-of-control
3. A group of 9 young men who were planning an attack on London's Big Ben had their prison sentences shortened after pleading guilty to their charges. The men wanted to do a Mumbai Style attack, and Big Ben was only one of their targets, with other landmarks of Britain also targeted. They are likely to serve up to 6 years, and this amplifies the thought that a lot of young people will have today, thinking that if they apologise, or seem to, then they'll be forgiven and that their punishment will be much more lenient. This is how it is in this story, with the judge being softer and seemingly letting them get away with a very serious crime. The article in the Daily Mail using emotive language like 11th Hour plea to make it a very big issue, when it was on page 9 of the paper, meaning that they wouldn't automatically class it as its mean issue.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098951/Muslim-gang-planned-blow-London-Stock-Exchange-jailed-total-96-years.html
Broadsheet Newspapers
1. A Malaysian Student who was caught up in the London Riots in 2011 has been in court recently, giving his account of what happened to him. Two youths were filmed on a mobile phone pretending to be 'Good Samaritains' but were actually stealing things out of his backpack. He had been hit by other 'protestors' and his jaw was broke in two places, so he says he knew it was happening, but was powerless to resist it. The article itself was published with a lot less sensationalist language than you'd expect from The Sun or The Daily Mail. The only image on the article was a picture of the student, Ashraf Rossli, which let you see who the young man was, who was attacked and then robbed. (28th February 2012).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/feb/28/uk-riots-good-samaritan-robbery-trial (Article)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNNmthXSWlc (Video of Incident)
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Historical Write Up
Stanley Cohen - Theory
Stan Cohen has two main parts to his theory, Moral Panic and Deviance Amplification.
Moral Panic is the intensity of feeling in a population about an issue which may threaten social order. The mass media is key in creating any moral panic, as they have the power to amplify anything that is happening which is concerning the said population. This media helps us with frameworks for this moral panic, and the Deviants (Those going against the social order that has been created).
Deviance Amplification is a media hype phenomenon defined by media critics as a cycle of increasing numbers of reports on a category of antisocial behavior or some other "undesirable" event, leading to a moral panic. The term was coined in 1972 by Cohen in his book Folk Devils and Moral Panics.
Clockwork Orange
1. Clockwork Orange was a film which portrayed a group of 4 youths in the 70s, who have a taste for violence. The main character is called Alex, who has a fondness for classical music (Beethoven in particular), violence, which he calles ultra-violence, and rape. The film tells the story of his crimes, his capture and the attempt of his rehabilitation, via psychological conditioning.
2. The press used this as a Scapegoat, blaming it for crimes that were so called copy-cats, for example when a 16 year old boy killed a tramp, beating him to death, reminiscent of the opening sequence in the film. The youths at the time felt that it related to them, as they had already experienced some of the themes, especially the violence as they were relating it to football hooliganism. It was later found that it wasn't encouraging the violence, but was making link between the youths of today, with a strong link to the football hooliganism that was present.
3. You can relate Stan Cohen's theory here, with the Newspapers/ News channels sensationalising the storys, creating moral panic in communities across Great Britain and making it seem as though all teenagers were capable of carrying out these brutal murders. Also, you can relate the theory that talks about Deviance Amplification, because the newspapers made the people who were involved in these murders minor celebrities, plastering them all over the papers, meaning everyone knew who they were.
Quadrophenia
1. The representation of Jimmy Steph and Kevin.
JIMMY wants to be part of a gang, and becomes a Mod, because he wanted to be different. However, as you can see when they are in Brighton he ends up exactly the same as everyone else, with his Parka jacket, Levis and his Scooter.
He takes his part of the 'gang' too seriously, and ends up getting in trouble with the police, leading a mob, singing 'We are the Mods!'. However his loyalty to the gang is tested when they beat up one of his friends, who is a rocker, and he doesn't know whether he is loyal to his friends or his gang. He is the stereotypical Mod, parka jacket, levis, scooter, popping pills etc.
STEPH is the personification of sexual freedom, sleeping around with whichever of the boys she takes a fancy to, not having any real loyalty to any of them. She is considered quite feminine compared to the androgynous Mods, who are all trying to be big, hard men, beating up rockers and going out clubbing every night.
KEVIN is a rocker who used to be in the army, but he left because he didn't like having superiors or being bossed around. He was friends with Jimmy, but was beaten up by Jimmy's Mod gang so he is probably more judged on being a rocker, rather than Jimmy's friend.
2. You can see parts of the mise-en-scene present in the film, with different locations present, representing the youth culture of the time. Some of the places that are present are clubs/ pubs, the milkshake bar and the house party that they all attend. Some of the things that you see also portray the culture of the day, for example the pills that they have, the clothing e.g. parkas for Mods, leathers for Rockers and the Pepsi that they are drinking.
3. Some of the ideologies that are present in the film are: sub-cultures within the film e.g. Mods, Rockers and the indifferent parents of these teenagers. The thing that all of the teenagers that you see are that they are living for the here and now, making the most of the time they've got. They like the dominant ideology that you have to be part of one gang or another, or that makes you a nobody. They also like the idea of the binary oppositions, for example the Mods vs. Society, like when they are smashing up the cafe, or trashing the club, dancing on top of the speakers.
4. In the time the Mass Media created Moral Panics, making it out that if two men were walking down the street, one in a parka and one in leathers that there would be a confrontation. They amplified the conflict between the two groups and made the Mods and Rockers into Social Deviants. This fits into the theory by Stanley Cohen, saying that the Mass Media has the power to create Moral Panics and an atmosphere of Social Deviance.
Conclusion
The films and ideologies shown in these two films is similar to some things that we are seeing here in 2012. For example the mass media is still making anyone wearing a hoody out to be a social deviant who will mug you for your handbag if you go within 10 feet of them. It sensationalises stories, making small issues into confrontational ones and creating a moral panic over nothing. You can also see some of the ideologies in place today, with people still liking to be part of a certain group e.g. supporting a certain team, and if someone goes against that e.g. supporting another team, then it is your right to challenge them on this. A lot of todays teenagers are also living for the here and now, copying the sort of behaviour in Quadrophenia, taking drugs, drinking excessively and having sexual freedom. This is quite similar to the way most of the characters act, in particular Jimmy, Steph and Kevin.
Stan Cohen has two main parts to his theory, Moral Panic and Deviance Amplification.
Moral Panic is the intensity of feeling in a population about an issue which may threaten social order. The mass media is key in creating any moral panic, as they have the power to amplify anything that is happening which is concerning the said population. This media helps us with frameworks for this moral panic, and the Deviants (Those going against the social order that has been created).
Deviance Amplification is a media hype phenomenon defined by media critics as a cycle of increasing numbers of reports on a category of antisocial behavior or some other "undesirable" event, leading to a moral panic. The term was coined in 1972 by Cohen in his book Folk Devils and Moral Panics.
Clockwork Orange
1. Clockwork Orange was a film which portrayed a group of 4 youths in the 70s, who have a taste for violence. The main character is called Alex, who has a fondness for classical music (Beethoven in particular), violence, which he calles ultra-violence, and rape. The film tells the story of his crimes, his capture and the attempt of his rehabilitation, via psychological conditioning.
2. The press used this as a Scapegoat, blaming it for crimes that were so called copy-cats, for example when a 16 year old boy killed a tramp, beating him to death, reminiscent of the opening sequence in the film. The youths at the time felt that it related to them, as they had already experienced some of the themes, especially the violence as they were relating it to football hooliganism. It was later found that it wasn't encouraging the violence, but was making link between the youths of today, with a strong link to the football hooliganism that was present.
3. You can relate Stan Cohen's theory here, with the Newspapers/ News channels sensationalising the storys, creating moral panic in communities across Great Britain and making it seem as though all teenagers were capable of carrying out these brutal murders. Also, you can relate the theory that talks about Deviance Amplification, because the newspapers made the people who were involved in these murders minor celebrities, plastering them all over the papers, meaning everyone knew who they were.
Quadrophenia
1. The representation of Jimmy Steph and Kevin.
JIMMY wants to be part of a gang, and becomes a Mod, because he wanted to be different. However, as you can see when they are in Brighton he ends up exactly the same as everyone else, with his Parka jacket, Levis and his Scooter.
STEPH is the personification of sexual freedom, sleeping around with whichever of the boys she takes a fancy to, not having any real loyalty to any of them. She is considered quite feminine compared to the androgynous Mods, who are all trying to be big, hard men, beating up rockers and going out clubbing every night.
KEVIN is a rocker who used to be in the army, but he left because he didn't like having superiors or being bossed around. He was friends with Jimmy, but was beaten up by Jimmy's Mod gang so he is probably more judged on being a rocker, rather than Jimmy's friend.
2. You can see parts of the mise-en-scene present in the film, with different locations present, representing the youth culture of the time. Some of the places that are present are clubs/ pubs, the milkshake bar and the house party that they all attend. Some of the things that you see also portray the culture of the day, for example the pills that they have, the clothing e.g. parkas for Mods, leathers for Rockers and the Pepsi that they are drinking.
3. Some of the ideologies that are present in the film are: sub-cultures within the film e.g. Mods, Rockers and the indifferent parents of these teenagers. The thing that all of the teenagers that you see are that they are living for the here and now, making the most of the time they've got. They like the dominant ideology that you have to be part of one gang or another, or that makes you a nobody. They also like the idea of the binary oppositions, for example the Mods vs. Society, like when they are smashing up the cafe, or trashing the club, dancing on top of the speakers.
4. In the time the Mass Media created Moral Panics, making it out that if two men were walking down the street, one in a parka and one in leathers that there would be a confrontation. They amplified the conflict between the two groups and made the Mods and Rockers into Social Deviants. This fits into the theory by Stanley Cohen, saying that the Mass Media has the power to create Moral Panics and an atmosphere of Social Deviance.
Conclusion
The films and ideologies shown in these two films is similar to some things that we are seeing here in 2012. For example the mass media is still making anyone wearing a hoody out to be a social deviant who will mug you for your handbag if you go within 10 feet of them. It sensationalises stories, making small issues into confrontational ones and creating a moral panic over nothing. You can also see some of the ideologies in place today, with people still liking to be part of a certain group e.g. supporting a certain team, and if someone goes against that e.g. supporting another team, then it is your right to challenge them on this. A lot of todays teenagers are also living for the here and now, copying the sort of behaviour in Quadrophenia, taking drugs, drinking excessively and having sexual freedom. This is quite similar to the way most of the characters act, in particular Jimmy, Steph and Kevin.
Monday, 20 February 2012
Presentation Of Self Collage
What is your identity?
My identity is based on several things, these include things from sports, music, fashion and technology. On the collage I have included musical elements from Ed Sheeran, who i base my songs and style of playing guitar and singing on, and Coldplay, whose music I like and use elements of when performing and songwriting. I have included a guitar, as I enjoy playing guitar and also designing things to go on the guitars I already own, making them unique. There is also a piano, to reflect that I like to write songs and this is a good medium to do so. Sports-wise I have included one of my coaches, Michael Glenn who helps me on and off the pitch, a picture of David Silva, a player who I admire and try to emulate, Sunderland AFC and Hartlepool United FC, who I go and watch regularly as I support them. I have also included the Stadium Of Light, which is the Home of Sunderland AFC. For the fashion I have put on a picture of some Nike trainers, which I like to wear and match what I usually wear, and a pair of f50 Adi-Zeros, which are the boots i wear for football, when I play. I also put on an iPod Touch, Facebook and Twitter, which I use to communicate with friends and family and is what makes my communications relevant to me.
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