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the 2 media texts im looking at is film and website in the way they represent the london youths.over the years they have been decribed as.....recently london youths have been talked about alot because of  the london riots that went on this summer.they have been decribed in the newspapers as ''thugs and theifs'' flaming morons'' voilent mobs'' and many other abusive words.no adays london teens are seen as negative voilets thugs and most articles in the newspapers are about negative aspects such as crime drugs voilence.
based on Chomsky's theory on propaganda if you relate it to the recent london riots and how the media interpreted  it, chomsky would say there are two sides of the story but only one is told because thats the propaganda.during the riots most news papers and news agencies put their main focus on the bad disgraceful behaviour of the london youth,they never went in depth as to why or what caused the riots.you could say these agencies only publish what they think the people want to see or believe.Also with the news the have to be carful with what they put for the readers to see because negative comments towards the higher authority (in this case the government) could jeopardise their business. this is were the whole idea of ownership comes in as well as control.
the movie i am focusing on is kidulthood. a british movie based on london youth.they represent the youth as troubled kids livng in london.the main focus is on council estate kids that are pushed into hustling and crime in order to get money and be able to protect themselves According to Noel "The film touches a nerve. It’s on the pulse of what’s happening in society right now with young people. How they behave and what they do. Kids these days are growing up too fast. It’s accelerated because of technology and the media.The film shouldn’t shock people because it’s in the newspapers every day! It’s constant. It doesn’t show anything that isn’t happening. I was collecting articles for a year or so about teenagers getting up to bad stuff. There’s at least three or four a week.......in terms of website i am focusing on the british artist chipmunk's website which opens up about his music lyrics and life.chipmunk was brought up in tottenham,london.him and his family were working class and he was basically a typical london youth trying to make use of his life and talent. in his music he talks about how he use to live and how he struggled but avoided crime and went down the right path,some of his lyrics for instance are ''black belt can't teach you how to dodge bullets'' "from the bottom we rose" "if you ever knew what we sold to buy games" "i wanted to be famous,wanted lots of trainers now i buy the whole shelf" "14 year old in my hood got stabbed and died,i use to Cruz on my bike down that same road that he lost his life" "from a council estate yeah we made it,best things come from the worst places".........LIVE AND LOST-interaction with fans
history of london youth-see petes media blog
new media???

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theories?

DEADLINE - NEW YORK TIMES

DEADLINE - NEW YORK TIMES



This is a documentry about the fall of news papers and how it is becoming less popular as new media grows and becomes more popular. David carr works for the new york times as a media editor and he talks about how people now get information and news about the world on the internet eg twitter. people now find out more on the internet before it gets to the newspapers he states "the medium is not the message,the messages are the medium"

In the documentry they also talk about wikileaks by julian assange which also relates to how news gets to the public before the newspapers get it and also the pentagon papers which was a secret newwspaper that reported about the vietnam war and what was going on.things the govenment might not have apoved of.

Applying this to noam chomskys theory of the propaganda theory,it can be said that his theory would be out of date now as he cant relate it to the new media now because everything seems to be reported form different sources.

What chomsky's views would be on the london riots

based on Chomsky's theory on propaganda if you relate it to the recent london riots and how the media interpreted  it, chomsky would say there are two sides of the story but only one is told because thats the propaganda.during the riots most news papers and news agencies put their main focus on the bad disgraceful behaviour of the london youth,they never went in depth as to why or what caused the riots.you could say these agencies only publish what they think the people want to see or believe.Also with the news the have to be carful with what they put for the readers to see because negative comments towards the higher authority (in this case the government) could jeopardise their business. this is were the whole idea of ownership comes in as well as control.

NOAM CHOMSKY (general overview)

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) is a documentary film that explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, a linguist, intellectual, and political activist. Created by two Canadian filmmakers, Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, it expands on the ideas of Chomsky's earlier book, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, which he co-wrote with Edward S. Herman.

The film presents and illustrates Chomsky's and Herman's thesis that corporate media, as profit-driven institutions, tend to serve and further the agendas of the interests of dominant, elite groups in the society. A centerpiece of the film is a long examination of the history of The New York Times' coverage of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, which Chomsky says exemplifies the media's unwillingness to criticize an ally of the elite.The propaganda model is a conceptual model in political economy advanced by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky that states how propaganda, including systemic biases, function in mass media. The model seeks to explain how populations are manipulated and how consent for economic, social and political policies are "manufactured" in the public mind due to this propaganda.

The theory posits that the way in which news is structured (through advertising, media ownership, government sourcing and others) creates an inherent conflict of interest which acts as propaganda for undemocratic forces.

First presented in their 1988 book Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, the "Propaganda model" views the private media as businesses interested in the sale of a product — readers and audiences — to other businesses (advertisers) rather than that of quality news to the public. Describing the media's "societal purpose", Chomsky writes, "... the study of institutions and how they function must be scrupulously ignored, apart from fringe elements or a relatively obscure scholarly literature".^[1] The theory postulates five general classes of "filters" that determine the type of news that is presented in news media. These five classes are:

1. Ownership of the medium
2. Medium's funding sources
3. Sourcing
4. Flak
5. Anti-communist ideology

The first three are generally regarded by the authors as being the most important.

Although the model was based mainly on the characterization of United States media, Chomsky and Herman believe the theory is equally applicable to any country that shares the basic economic structure and organizing principles which the model postulates as the cause of media biases

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KIDULTHOOD

Kidulthood is written by former Doctor Who star Noel Clarke, who also plays baseball bat wielding villain Sam in the movie. According to Noel "The film touches a nerve. It’s on the pulse of what’s happening in society right now with young people. How they behave and what they do. Kids these days are growing up too fast. It’s accelerated because of technology and the media.The film shouldn’t shock people because it’s in the newspapers every day! It’s constant. It doesn’t show anything that isn’t happening. I was collecting articles for a year or so about teenagers getting up to bad stuff. There’s at least three or four a week. It’s rife. I bet if I looked in the paper today there’d be something about it. We can wear all the wristbands we want for bullying — or whatever — but that’s not going to stop it. What will stop it are people becoming aware of the situation. Society has encouraged the film because bullying in schools, kids in ‘hoodies’ and ‘happy-slapping’ — whatever you want to name it — is happening already. The film is highlighting that. It’s not promoting. It’s not justifying. It’s not offering answers. It’s simply saying: 'this is going on. Deal with it.' A lot of people might see Kidulthood as controversial but it is not meant to be, my main aim for the film was for it to be as true to life as possible."

WRETCH 32

Wretch 32 (real name Jermaine Sinclair) is a grime MC and rapper from Tottenham, North London. He was a member of the grime collective "Combination Chain Gang", before forming The Movementwith Scorcher, Ghetto, Devlin and Lightning. Despite his claims to be a grime MC, Wretch has faced frequent criticism from dedicated grime fans, who accuse him of making "bait" hip-hop which he attempts to pass off as grime music. This is due to his unusually impressive technical lyrical ability (more often assocaited with rap) for a grime MC, his fairly monotonous flow and a tendency to spit over hip-hop sounding beats. He is also often associated with the TMT crew, also from Tottenham, due to his close relationship to fellow Tottenham rapper Cell 22. The pair have made several songs together.

NOEL CLARKE

Born in London, Clarke was brought up in Ladbroke Grove by his mother, a native of Trinidad and the person with whom he credits his success, and his avoidance of the many temptations open to young people growing up.The area Clarke grew up in and the diverse atmosphere and heritage provides the vista for the drama in 2006’s gritty urban drama Kidulthood, which Clarke wrote and also starred inClarke’s first exposure to a widespread audience came with the revival of two classic shows of the past in the early 2000’s. In 2002 he landed the role of Wyman Norris, the son of one of the original characters in the third series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. His best-known role to date, in television at least, is that of Mickey, the long-suffering boyfriend of Billie Piper’s assistant in the BBC’s hugely successful Doctor Who.More recently, Clarke has made the  move from in front of the camera to behind it, becoming one of Britain’s fastest rising mainstream writer-directors – and one of its most successful. The producers ofAdulthood, the sequel to Kidulthood, took the brave step of giving Clarke the director’s chair, despite him having no previous experience directing a feature film.Adulthood was a massive success, making over £3m in the UKThe success of that film led to Clarke’s latest project, 4.3.2.1., which again sees Clarke as the director and star. The film is a crime thriller featuring a touch of Hollywood glamour in co-star Emma Roberts, niece of Oscar-winner Julia, plus British stars such as Bionic Woman’s Michelle Ryan and Tamsin Egerton of St Trinian’s fameThe success Clarke has achieved is phenomenal for an actor who’s experienced relatively little time in the spotlight. In 2009, he won the BAFTA Rising Star award, voted for by the public – a moment that still stands as one of the highlights of Clarke’s career.

ANOVAHOOD

Kenneth (who likes to call himself Kay) begins to realise he's just another wannabe bad boy... even less than a loser in fact. After quitting his job at Laimsbury's, Kay vows to become a respected gangster... or cry trying. A pulls-no-punches, coming-of-age story, centering on one directionless hopeless "shotter", who finds his true worth in the face of urban adversity. Written by Nick Taussig

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Ideas for research project

aspirational teenage london youth(black racial background)
movies:

• kidulthood
• adulthood
• anovahood

music (videos and lyrics) :

• chipmunk artist
• wretch 32
• dizzy rascal

looking into these artists and movies will give me an idea of what my topic is about and how it relates to finding out how the media shape the apperance and represent this group.
a summary of my aim would be young teenage kids living a tough life,less privallaged and wanting to make their lives better.when representing this social group you look into the ways they live their life and what they go through. a term they use that would be accurate to describe what im trying to say would be 'hustling' and tring to keep off the streets. in some lyrics they talk about being influenced by the wrong people and getting into illegal things such as drugs in order to afford the life they wanna live and i think its important to listen and see what they are trying to tell/show us.the movies ive listed above are quite different to movies you would usually see because this one has an actual sense of realisim in a way that it is written and the story is told by someones experiences of not only what they've been through but also what they are aware that others have been through or are currently going through.............



OCR MEDIA A2

Media and Collective Identity

How do the contemporary media represent nations, regions and ethnic / social / collective groups of people in different ways?
How does contemporary representation compare to previous time periods?
What are the social implications of different media representations of groups of people?
To what extent is human identity increasingly ‘mediated’?
　 . Candidates might explore combinations of any media representation across two media, or two different representations across two media. Some examples are:

Candidates may analyse the representation of and / or the collective identity of one or more group(s) of people

National cinema, television representations, magazines and gender, representations of youth and youth culture, post-9/11 representations of Islam, absence / presence of people with disability in two media.