Leveson Inquiry

David Cameron rejects call for statutory press regulation

This story was about a dispute between the coalition government, conservative David Cameron and liberal democrat Nick Clegg over the release of the results from the leveson inquiry as Nick Clegg argued that press should be regulated over this story as he argued that he wants to protect the people as argues that the press  can expose abuse of power without abusing its own. On the other hand David Cameron wants free press as he argued that legislation could ultimately infringe  free speech and a free press. 

Personally i would agree with David Cameron that the press should not be regulated as British citizens deserve the truth, and every little detail about it, as regulating would be a form of silencing the press, also regulating will only lead to reinforcing the theory of hegomony as the government will only let the press publicise what they think is appropriate, and regulate anything that would badmouth them. Also i believe that Britain is a pluralistic country as we believe in democracy therefore regulating the press would go against that. However i can understand where Nick Clegg is coming from as free press has caused alot of trouble in the past therefore i understand why he would want to regulate it, however i think that due to being a democratic country i believe that there should be free press.

Source - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/29/leveson-report-david-cameron-rejects

E20

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The representations that I can gather of young people from watching eastenders spin off e20 is overall negative as they shown to be delinquents through their actions as they go against rules set by the care home, (go against the norms and values of society), from the way they dress to the way they talk shows how they disobey authority portraying themselves in a negative way, therefore not being a fair representation as most of the teens shown within the webisode are portrayed in a negative limelight    

Producers and audiences may be more interested in negative stereotypes of young people as its what audiences expect therefore producers are more interested in portraying the negative stereotypes of young people, this can be linked to verisimilitude which refers to what an audience expects from a text in terms of content and forms/conventions. The quality of appearing to be true or real, however producers may use some form of mediation where audiences see the producers version of reality, in this case being the negative stereotypes of young people within the show e20 as they have been over exaggerated. Also some audiences enjoy watching negative stereotypes of young people as it provides entertainment (escapism) for them, also some audiences may see themselves reflected in the text (personal identity).

However a positive example of representations of youths in British television would be the show Waterloo road which subverts the negative stereotypical portrayal youths, as the programme shows hard-working students in school rather than on the streets causing havoc. however the show portrays some aspect of youth delinquency as it shows some students who form an anti-school subculture, who achieve through illegitimate means. The uniforms is another way   Another example would be the show skins which heavily portrays youths to be deviant as it portrays them to be promiscuous as they encounter in a number of sexual activities, it also shows them to be feral as they go against the law by stereotypically causing anti-social behaviour as they drink an excess amount of alcohol and take drugs, this negative representation has been associated heavily with youths and has been overrepresented within British television.

Kidulthood Questions

Kidulthood

The general representation that is conveyed of young people in London through the film Kidulthood is overall negative as it portrays them in the stereotypical manner as they are shown to be feral through the violence, such as the fight scene between the two girls, the drug taking as the opening scene showed two youths smoking a 'zoot' (weed). They also show the youths to be very intimidating through their clothing as they wear hoodies and baggy trousers, this was shown through the opening scene as one of the main characters 'sam' was seen as the ring leader who wore this type of clothing.

It can be argued that this is a fair representation of youths within London as the events shown within the opening scene are common amongst youths such as bullying and the violent behavior, however it can be argued that these events have been over exaggerated, as they have all been condensed into one opening scene, also it can argued that its not a fair representation of youths within London as not all youths are like the people that are shown within the opening scene of Kidulthood, as you do get youths that show a positive attitude towards school, who would rather catch up on work before school rather than smoking weed and be deviant.

The opening scene from Kidulthood is a good example of verisimilitude as it shows the groups that typically form within schools, for example you have those that play football, those that hang around in gangs who cause trouble and those that stay quiet and do their work. Also the language used within the opening scene is typical of teenagers as they talk in an restricted language code as they use slang words such as 'sket' and 'blud', therefore being a good example of verisimilitude as its what the language and the behavior which is shown is what the audience expects. It can be argued that audience have formed these interpretations from the dominant ideologies which the media has presented of youths within London, this can be  linked to the theory of hegomony.