- Entertainment
- Reinforces the way people think about themselves
- Escapism
- Relate to characters, storylines
- Relate to particular collectives
- No, we do not. Everyone views it in relation to their own experiences
- Reinforces stereotypes
Societies appear to be subject, every now and then, to periods of moral panic. A condition, episode, person or group of people emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests; its nature is presented is a stylised and stereotypical fashion by the mass media; the moral barricades are manned by editors, bishops, politicians and other right- thinking people; socially accredited experts pronounce the diagnoses and solutions; ways of coping are evolved or (more often) resorted to; the condition then disappears, submerges or deteriorates and becomes less visible ... Sometimes the panic passes over and is forgotten, except in folklore and collective memory; at other times it has more serious and long lasting repercussions and might producesuch changes as those in legal and social policy or even in the way the society conceives itself.
The media has a great power in the way young people are represented which is in a very stylised way, this is in a negative way of representing them, an example of this is within the series Mis Fits, young people are represented as criminals and commit violent acts. This therefore has an impact on the way society views them. In the future the younger generation will be upset by this and therefore act out against this.
This trend can also be seen in modern films such as Fish Tank where young people are represented as violent, abusive and self centered. However in Fish Tank the main character doesn't stay this was, as she decides to move away to seek a better life.
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