Amazon Book Notes & Quotes

1) young people are assumed to hold the key to the nations future, and the treatment and management of 'youth' is expected to provide the solution to a nations 'problems', from 'drug abuse' 'hooliganism' and 'teenager pregnancy' in inner city 'riots' page 50

2) young people are represented as recialized, gendered and sexualized beings set in specific class position within the media. Page 5

     3) 40% of newspaper articles featuring young people focused on violence, crime or anti-social behaviour – Brunel university during 2006 FEARS

     4) There were more negative than positive stories about teenagers (42% versus 13%) à described as yobs, thugs, sick farer, hoodies, heartless, evil scums.

     5)  ‘ A condition, episode, person or group of people emerges to become defined as a threat to social values’ moral panic.

     6)  The typical representation of contemporary young people in Britain is the iconic image of the ‘chav’