"How far does the representation of a particular social group change over time?"

The representation of British families have changed dramatically over the last 40 years. This is backed up by Marcuse's theory that the mass media carry the representation of how we interpret youths to be like. For example, in An Education Jenny has to ask her parents for approval when wanting to do any activity. This is shown in the scene where she has to beg her dad to let her go to the opera with another bloke. On the other hand, in the Inbetweeners the respect and attitude towards elders and parents is a complete contrast. This is backed up in the scene where Simon is in the his bedroom with Tara and his Dad walks in. Simon immediately swear at his father demanding him to leave promptly whilst using very little manners in the process. By this being shown by media this proves the theory of Marcuse that people stereotype youth through mass media without knowing them personally. In conclusion I believe that mass media has helped change this representation of youth families as people watching the shows will make a prejudice judgement towards youth through media and youths will feel this behaviour is acceptable as it is shown to be the norm through media projects e.g Inbetweeners.   

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