1. Young, Dumb and Living off Mum.
6th July MEST 3: Representation

2. Look at the series, Young, Dumb and living off mum (BBC3)
1. Watch the four clips once and then answer the questions on the slides following.
2. Save your work on this presentation and it to at the end of the lesson.
3. Complete the homework by Tuesday 10th July and it also

3. What do the young people say. How do they move. What are they doing
What do the young people say? How do they move? What are they doing? How are they dressed? What gender and ethnicity are they?
Your answer here …………

4. What does the narrator say about them
What does the narrator say about them? What camera work is used with them? What music or effects are used?
Your answer here ……..

5. What activities are the students engaged in that make them look positive?
Your answer here

6. What activities are the young people engaged in that makes them look negative?
Your answer here …..
Explain how have you come to that conclusion?

7. What do the adults say about the young people. How do they react
What do the adults say about the young people? How do they react? Is there a contrast?
Your answer here.

8. How have the programme makers ‘set up’ the show?
Your answer here …..
Does this allow a positive view of young people to be established or not?

9. What is the appeal of this programme to potential viewers?
Your answer here
List three main things and explain why these features would be appealing.

10. Which audience theory would support your views from the slide above?
Two step flow?
Uses and gratifications? Click here for help.
Dependency theory
Reception theory.
Your answer here

11. What ideologies do the assumed audience hold?
How do they see young people?
What values do they have about themselves?
Will the programme change their views of young people?
Your answer here

12. Challenge There are often four key themes in Racial representations .
exotic
dangerous
humorous
pitied
(Alvarado et al. 1987: 153)
What key themes are there in relation to the representation of young people?
Your answer here.

13. HOMEWORK for Tues 10th July
How could it be different? Write an essay in two parts.
What would the programme maker have to do to make the programme represent young people in a more positive light.
Think of at least three key things and explain your thinking behind the changes you would make.
Link to theories you have studied
Do you think that all representations of young people on TV are CONSTRUCTED? Is there any show that presents a truly OBJECTIVE (generally true) view of young people.

14. Links to the programmes