Media and Collective Identity: Representations of British Youths and Youth Culture

Guided Questions :
1. How do the contemporary media represent British youth and youth culture in different ways?
2. How does contemporary representation compare to previous time periods?
3. What are the social implications of different media representations of British Youth and youth culture?
4. To what extent is human identity increasingly 'mediated'?

Media texts which we are going to look into:

• Film


• TV


• Newspapers


• Internet (Social Networking, YouTube)