13A cover work - Monday 3 December

13A cover work - Monday 3 December
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00k0bg4/characters/ava

What representations of young people can be found in E20?

The representation of young people that can be found in E20 is that Donnie the Black character of the show is represented to fall into Franz Fannon idea of Black people trying to put on a white mask in which he is doing to become a good guy. Furthermore Ava is the opposite of Franz Fannon idea as she is trying to become black due to her rough upbringing in society.

Why might producers and audiences be more interested in negative stereotypes of young people?

Producers may be interested in a negative stereotypes of young people as they can inject information into the audience feeding them with news that young people are dangerous youths who like to cause trouble but in E20 it shows that Dot Branning is trying to show them that they are welcome in society unlike Mrs Masood who is trying to get them kicked out of Walford.  

What other examples of representations of young people can you find from British television? Can you think of any positive or unexpected representations of young people?

There are many examples of representations of young people that I can find in British TV and most of the representations I gained from them are negative representations of young people for example in a BBC 3 program 'SOME GIRLS' is about four girls who are friends and two in which come a broken family and two in a stable family. Another show is 'MISFITS' shown on Channel 4, We can gain a positive and a negative representation from this show as they are teenagers who are in police custody who have superpowers and are trying to save the world by killing their counsellor.