Theories

Theorist	Year	Concepts	Your explanation
Giroux	1997	Youth as empty category	In this theorist, it is described that It is the adult generation that is reflecting the ideas of how all youth act today. This is not entirely on the true identities of the youths. This is more the representation of how the adult generation see them in an unlightening way. How these youths are potrayed and seen as is how the adults want them to be looked upon as.
Acland	1995	Ideology of protection; deviant youth and reproduction of social order	Acland uses the examples of how adults and youths who are potrayed as 'normal' contrasting with the youths we could describe as 'delinquents'and 'ASBOS' so it shows us a clear break in the differences and how the 'ASBOS' that are potrayed are acting in an unexceptable way. The media plays a big part in youths as this theorist describes that the 'ideology of protection' is aided when we are watching and monitering the youths every move as they need constant survallience. As at this time of a persons life at youth you are coming into your own person with your own attitudes and thoughts and this is the time to be learning the values and social rules of how we should all be acting. To make sure these youths confrom to the rules and do not stray.
Gramsci	1971 (1929-1935)	Cultural hegemony	This theorist idea is that the middle/working class are able to dominate a society by making their way of life seem normal and and a natural way of living. The implied meaning of dominance and power is always constantly seen as a struggle with societies constantly debating what is and isn't acceptable nowadays.
Cohen	1972	Moral panic	In the 1960's this theorist looked at the media responses to the mods and rocker riots in these times. He argued that certain topics arised from societies during the time when the topics were the anxieties of the societies of the time. For instance the rocker riots came from the youths rebel to the rock and roll life style they had taken acustomed to. A moral panic occurs when The media highlights and widens the seriousness of youths. The idea of moral panic is that it allows the society to deside what values it does not accept. The example of working class youths potrayed today have become this 'horror' and 'scary' image that have become a contempory scare for us today. Maybe perhaps tapping into the economic anxieties. concerns about benifit cultures and the long list of people unemployed.
McRobbie	2004	Symbolic Violence
Gerbner	1986	Cultivation Theory	This is the study of television effecting peoples perceptions on crime. He found that people who watched more television tended to overestimate the levels of crime. He called this 'mean word syndrome' this is because the media eg. newspapers, tv, films etc. all contain representations of crime and over time this has influcened peoples thoughts on the crime today. this is called 'cultivation theory' this is that the society and media representations of young people that are shown as delinquents and ignorant to the rules could change how they are perceived by society.