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This 11 page paper is a literature review covering a range of sources that would be useful for a dissertation which examines How far representations of youth crime in Britain, through popular culture, influence the public's perceptions of young people in today's society. The paper starts by placing the occurrence of crime into a social context and reviews crime theory. The paper then looks individually at the way youth crime is reported and the influences on the making of the news, and then at the way the news will influence the audience by looking at audience theories. The bibliography cites 21 sources.
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creates stereotypes that both conform with some social expectation as well as creating long lasting images and association that may reinforce or even create specific perceptions. One association that is
often made is the link between youth and crime. The media has played an important role in determining the way in which youth and the association with crime is
perceived and the level of influence of the media we first need to consider the way in which youth crime appears in society and the background of this view, such
as the causes and the way it may be reported and interpreted as a social or personal action. Then we need to look at the way audiences may interpret messages
given to them. We will start by looking at control theory, this is a study of why crimes occur and the role of society. Then we can look at how
these are used by the press to attribute blame and also the create stereotypes that are then easily propagated. After this the role of audience interpretation can be considered.
The media has desensitised us to violence as well as other anti social behaviour. To see a violent scene on televisions or a
film does not shock us or surprise us, we see it as normal, and for many, especially where the background may also seam familiar there may be a sense of
identification. Therefore in the young an impressionable we can argue that the short step for being a spectator to performing what has become to be perceived as a social norm
is only a small step. If this is the case then it is not shocking and no amount of lecture of moralising will convince the youths of anything other that
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