The Giroux Theory
Giroux views show how the youth are mistreated within the media. describing them as an 'empty category' explains that adults do not really understand what it is like to be a youth in this generation. Therefor they just plonk their own ideas into this empty space of what they believe the representation of youth is.
Media involving just adults therefore greatly effects these representations. the adults do not want their generation to look bad therefore use teenagers as scapegoat to place the blame on.
by looking at this theory we are able to see the representation of youth is moulded together through what adults believe and think. this then leads to uprising of stereotypes through the media and also cause moral panics. when all of this has just been created through hegemony and the media raining down their ideas onto the adults.
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