CINE 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Youth Culture
Document Summary
Saving" children and youth: constructing and reconstructing childhood" and youth" in the. When you think of children", what comes to mid, Positive words to describe b/c way we see in our society. Change to youth: rebels, annoying, unpredictable (more negative) Before media comes in already have an idea. Normalisation of what is a normal childhood". What is considered acceptable" behaviour for a child. Majority (developing) world childhood"s versus minority (developed) world childhoods. How children use their space (how being treated in society shapes their land) Generates symbols that reinforces (create?) certain values, attitudes, behaviours, and lifestyles. If people aren"t behaving in certain whay, media spotlights them and we are applaud/judging. Generated fear, danger: a threat to our own children". A vehicle for asserting dominance social constructions and hegemonic beliefs. Use of disease metaphors and language of defilement". Moral barricades erected and manned by newspaper editors, journalists, politicians, policy makers, religious leaders The social construction of street children and youth.
