Examining the Past

Examining the past

• The label “teenager” has been in used since WW2
• It has had connotations of being misunderstood. Many of these are explored in Matt Wolf’s documentary “Teenage” (2014) http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=39768

The representation of teenagers by adults – consistent from generation to generation over the centuries (Plato c 400BC, and other sources in the lesson 5 post)

Similarly the representations of teenagers by themselves or by sympathetic adults (“Quadrophenia” (1979), “This is England” (2006))

Media arc – Dan Gardner – author of “Risk: the science and politics of fear” (2009) – only certain representations will be made by the media depending on what fits with their existing narratives about that group / event... (Explain how his point might relate to representations of British youth)