Research on Dissertation Chapter Literature - Report
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DISSERTATION CHAPTER –LITERATURE REVIEW
Table of ContentsTheme: 1. Young people representation in mainstream media....................................................1Theme: 2. How does society view young people.........................................................................2Theme: 3. Religion can be a sense of identity.............................................................................3Theme: 4 Young Muslim representation in mainstream media...................................................5Theme: 5. Luton town representation in mainstream media........................................................6REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Theme: 1. Young people representation in mainstream media In the modern world, media has revolutionized the entire way in which people live andthey perceive & communicate with each other, making a huge impact over the society. In thestudy of Bernier (2011), it is discovered that mainstream media portrays youth negatively, as aresult, public started forming an adverse and unbalanced perception towards their behavior &attitude. The researcher viewed that media represent negative things instead of actual reality ofthe reported concern which leads to foster stereotyping. It poses a greater fear and threat and hasa damaging effect on the image of young people in the community where they live. The researchevidence showed that adverse media stereotyping create moral panics for the young people.Stereotyping and sensationalist media content leads to form an unbalanced perception amongpeople how they perceive young people. However, on the contrary point, Bakker and De Vreese (2011), contemplated by statingthat media bring awareness in the society for grooming socially responsible citizens. TV,newspaper, social media, internet and other media channels provide diversified knowledge to theyoungsters. Besides this, reporting violent activities of the young people is also necessary so thatit set an example for the other members to not involve in such illegal and disrespectful activities.Likewise, Villani (2001), stated that youth led media gives information about enthusiastic youngpeople in the UK. Youth magazine, radio, digital media, newspapers inform reader abouttalented and competent youngsters to wash the extreme negativity created by media bycelebrating their achievements. Conversely, Clark and et.al., (2008), stated that in today’s period, the way and style howmedia reports facts and sensationalize news have a wider impact over social life. Mass mediacoverage through different channels i.e. newspaper, reporting channels, international radiostations and other portrays young age people negatively and reflect them overall with a bad light.Mainstream media are presenting more focus on youth problems and do not reflects a clearpicture stating that a vast proportion of young age people are well-behaved, disciplined and law1
abiding also. Evidencing it, in London, in 2010, a group of youth joined hands together and helda student fees protest in really a peaceful way to stand up presenting their belief which have ahuge impact over their life. However, media represent the news in riots just because fewdisrespectful and undisciplined younger age people joined the group and behave violently. Eventhe members who were involved in violent activities were not belongs to the university and haveno effect due to high university fees, still, media reporters highlighted the protest among readersin a totally different manner just to sell their newspapers for the commercial gain. Thus, mediadid not report all the factual information that how youth have started peaceful protest anddeveloped negative perceptions towards youth.Theme: 2. How does society view young peopleMedia has a strong influence over people’s perception how they view young people, theirattitude, acts and behavior. Stereotype is a way wherein people have a fixed perception towardssomeone that may raise prejudice. According to the views of Jupp and et.al., (2011), researchevidence clearly showed that negative media reporting about the youngsters created adverseimage and they are stereotyped in the community where they live. People show a suspiciontowards young people whatever they do and wherever they go and consider them as badmannered and undisciplined citizen. It has a significant impact over their social lives. Besidesthis, word of mouth publicity leads to spread negative perception and belief in the societytowards youth as a result, they are being forced away from the community just due to an adverseperception which has no reasons & no factual base. Similarly, in the study conducted by Fowler (2008), it is reported that due to unbalancedimage created by reporters, society perceive youth as hoodies, criminals, gang members andyobs. People believed that young members of the society are bad mannered, lazy, disrespectful,dangerous, abusive and involved in violence also. It leads to promote a self-fulfilling prophecy inyoungsters. Media biasness and published sensational reports formed an unbalance imagetowards young members of the society for the objective to gain maximum commercial profit.The study discovered that media presents youth in a negative manner However, on the contrary side, Bakker and De Vreese (2011), argued that presentingcriminal acts and youth offenders does not means that it leads to bring negative image andperception towards younger. Media present the news just to aware people what is happening in2
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