To what extent do you think that contemporary representations of a particular social group mirror current social attitudes towards that group?
introduction- The media areas we have looked at have been film and tv and they have all been British which is the collective group that I will talk about. The case studies that we will be using to analyse are Fishtank, Kidulthood, Misfits and Inbetweeners.
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In Kidulthood there is a scene where two girls want to get some drugs but dont want to spend any money so they perform sexual favours for the drug dealer and his friend. They are very casual and don't really care about their actions and this sort of behavior is accepted and normal within their social group. This can be related to Strykers theory (explain theory). This is because it comes across that one of the girls does this on a regular occasion. This forms an opinion for the viewer, and presents the girl, and her friends leading a "promiscuous" lifestyle. This can be backed up by the friend as the other girl is pregnant. (compare to Alfie where this kind of lifestyle doesnt exist and pregnancy is a very big deal)
This mirrors the current attitudes of teenagers in Britain as they are always portrayed negatively in the media for very similar things.
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