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Context Research For First Idea- Answering The Questions
Teenage boys taking away the stereotype of boys causing trouble on the streets.
Question 1 What is the stereotype of young boys? • Boys are stereotype to be on streets nowadays causing trouble and doing nothing good for the community. They are the main contribution to knife crime on the streets and all there do is graffiti, make people to feel unsafe on the streets and have no respect for them. their loud they cause fights, shoplift, vandalise property, just very antisocial behaviour.
Experts/Opinions- Qualitative Research • Experts: -Tony Blair said people were "rightly fed up with street corner and shopping centre thugs“. • Opinions: -Street rats, says Ainsley, 17. "That's what they're called.""They sit on the street and drink,"explains Lauren, 16. "They're everywhere" adds Carly, 17. "Now they all sit on the streets drinking and smoking." "rearing a generation of hooded hoodlums"
Statistics/Data- Quantive Research Mr Clarke said: "Violent crime is still the biggest •
challenge. It will be my number one priority to drive down violent crime." He insisted that it had fallen when the statistics were examined "in the round". • His argument was supported by the BSC, based on interviews with 40,000 adults, which found 9 per cent fewer violent crimes.
Question 2 Is this stereotype true? • The stereotype is getting worse, but not every young teenage boy is part of this picture. However this is portrayed a lot across the media, music and news, although the news is always negative, you cannot beat it. A lot of crime is always happening, it has been happening before are generation and it will continue to happen. Crime has increase though over the time. People who create can be more or less adults than teenagers, teenagers just carry the blame for it instead. The sterotype is only true to a few people but not everyone.
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•
Experts/Opinions- Qualitative Research
Experts: -"According to the report, British adults are also twice as likely than German adults to cross the road when they encounter teenagers committing anti-social behaviour. Some of the reasons Britons were too frightened to get involved included being physically attacked, fear of reprisals and being verbally abused.But not one of these fears appears to be borne out by the facts." -Pam Hibbert, principal policy officer for Barnados, says that wearing hoodies and meeting friends on street corners is all part of the growing up process. She said: "We have become fearful of all children. We know for example young crime in itself has remained fairly static in the past 10 years - it is a minority that cause problems and retaliate. The demonisation of children and young people in some sections of the media and when politicians refer to youngsters as yobs - that breeds the actual fear." Opinions: -Sam, another young person upset by the report, told the BBC : "Respect seems to be demanded here, why should we as a youth just give respect, it should be earned. The vast majority of youth do these things as there is nothing else to do. It is simply a period everyone goes through before they can get into the pubs. I have done a lot of the things mentioned but I am at university studying politics now. It is a age-old argument but people seem to have very short term memories, look back at cartoons from the 50 and 60's and it was the same argument." -Gemma, who also felt compelled to speak out, adds: "It is elderly people who think this and stereotype all young people in the same category. Again it is the few who ruin life for the rest of us. Not all young people are 'yobs' or 'tyrants'. If we were to stereotype older people in this kind or biased way we would be told off!!!"
Statistics/Data- Quantitive Research
11-16 year olds are most likely to be victims of: being threatened (26%), being bullied (23%), theft (15%), destruction of property (14%), being physically attacked (13%)
Question 3 How are some boys taking away this stereotype? • Boys actually spend more of time, playing sports and going to the gym, rather than staying on the streets. Many boys enjoy sports such as football and basketball and they would spend most of their time going to extra school activities, playing for their call teams in matches . Some boys also attend many different outside school activities and even many attend youth clubs. Boys obviously go out to socialise but this can be done in many ways for example, cinemas, concerts, bowling, etc just like any other teenagers would do.
Experts/Opinions- Qualitative Research • To solve teenage crime I think we need more organisations helping young people to get involved with activities. • A lot of crime happens just because of boredom. • I got involved in the Positive Futures programme back in November last year. • They came around to our estate, got to know us and asked us what we wanted, what we needed. • They arranged activities and trips for us that would keep us off the streets, and also help us develop life skills. • Now things are better for me. I've stopped hanging around with certain people. • I have a job and I'm sorting my life out. • 17 year old James
Statistics/Data- Quantative Research • between 1999 and 2007, overall (police recorded) crime in London fell by 12 per cent
Question 4 How does the media portray young boys?
• Teenagers are portray negative in the overall media. When you look at the news another teenager has been stabbed or shot. The media rarely mention teenage boys doing well or pasting their GCSEs. There is always a twist to it something bad always needs to happen in order for the media to sell. Teenage boys are a threat to today's society and you must cross the road when you see a drop of boys on the other side.
Experts/Opinions- Qualitative Research • Experts: -Elaine Peace, UK director of children's services at NCH, the children's charity, said that teenagers were more likely to be the victim of a crime than the perpetrator: "Young people are 10 times more likely to be actively volunteering in the community than committing offences and young people are more likely to be victims of crime than adults. The media is fuelling stereotypes of children and the fear of young people. We should be highlighting the fantastic work young people do in the community. • Opinions: The main stereotype is that we all walk around hooded up, going around battering old ladies. In the papers and the media they are making it out to be worse than it is. It makes the older generation scared of teenagers. We're not all yobs. We don't all go around mugging old ladies.
• the negative effect that this form of music would have on today's youth. With violence and drug use rising, one must wonder, "What's the cause"" Though hip-hop is definitely not the only cause, it doesn't help.
•
Question 5 How does the public now look at teenage boys? Do they stereotype them for doing good or
causing trouble? Have they change their views? • This question is a rhetorical question, where the audience look back on how they thought teenage boys before and see what they think of them now after hearing the answers to the other questions. • Maybe the government needs to still do something about it set up more youth activities, so that teenage boys have more things to do. • 54 per cent of Londoners say that crime is one of their top three personal concerns, this rises to 61 per cent for 18-34 year-olds
Reflection Of First IdeaAfter Research
• After finding my secondary research using the internet, I was able to find a lot of information about the stereotype and a lot of expert opinions. If I was going to go through with this idea I would be able to use of statistics to prove the message of this stereotype. In terms of expert and opinions, it shows that I would be able to get sources in order to film, so the viable of this accessible.
Sources
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/behind-the-stere
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/may/14/ukcrime.immigrationpo
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/antisocialbehaviour/Asbo-blitz
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/murder-hunt-after-bo http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/may/13/ukcrime.boris http://www.knifecrimes.org/uk-knife-crime-victims.html • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7115861.stm
Teenage boys taking away the stereotype of boys causing trouble on the streets.
Question 1 What is the stereotype of young boys? • Boys are stereotype to be on streets nowadays causing trouble and doing nothing good for the community. They are the main contribution to knife crime on the streets and all there do is graffiti, make people to feel unsafe on the streets and have no respect for them. their loud they cause fights, shoplift, vandalise property, just very antisocial behaviour.
Experts/Opinions- Qualitative Research • Experts: -Tony Blair said people were "rightly fed up with street corner and shopping centre thugs“. • Opinions: -Street rats, says Ainsley, 17. "That's what they're called.""They sit on the street and drink,"explains Lauren, 16. "They're everywhere" adds Carly, 17. "Now they all sit on the streets drinking and smoking." "rearing a generation of hooded hoodlums"
Statistics/Data- Quantive Research Mr Clarke said: "Violent crime is still the biggest •
challenge. It will be my number one priority to drive down violent crime." He insisted that it had fallen when the statistics were examined "in the round". • His argument was supported by the BSC, based on interviews with 40,000 adults, which found 9 per cent fewer violent crimes.
Question 2 Is this stereotype true? • The stereotype is getting worse, but not every young teenage boy is part of this picture. However this is portrayed a lot across the media, music and news, although the news is always negative, you cannot beat it. A lot of crime is always happening, it has been happening before are generation and it will continue to happen. Crime has increase though over the time. People who create can be more or less adults than teenagers, teenagers just carry the blame for it instead. The sterotype is only true to a few people but not everyone.
•
•
Experts/Opinions- Qualitative Research
Experts: -"According to the report, British adults are also twice as likely than German adults to cross the road when they encounter teenagers committing anti-social behaviour. Some of the reasons Britons were too frightened to get involved included being physically attacked, fear of reprisals and being verbally abused.But not one of these fears appears to be borne out by the facts." -Pam Hibbert, principal policy officer for Barnados, says that wearing hoodies and meeting friends on street corners is all part of the growing up process. She said: "We have become fearful of all children. We know for example young crime in itself has remained fairly static in the past 10 years - it is a minority that cause problems and retaliate. The demonisation of children and young people in some sections of the media and when politicians refer to youngsters as yobs - that breeds the actual fear." Opinions: -Sam, another young person upset by the report, told the BBC : "Respect seems to be demanded here, why should we as a youth just give respect, it should be earned. The vast majority of youth do these things as there is nothing else to do. It is simply a period everyone goes through before they can get into the pubs. I have done a lot of the things mentioned but I am at university studying politics now. It is a age-old argument but people seem to have very short term memories, look back at cartoons from the 50 and 60's and it was the same argument." -Gemma, who also felt compelled to speak out, adds: "It is elderly people who think this and stereotype all young people in the same category. Again it is the few who ruin life for the rest of us. Not all young people are 'yobs' or 'tyrants'. If we were to stereotype older people in this kind or biased way we would be told off!!!"
Statistics/Data- Quantitive Research
11-16 year olds are most likely to be victims of: being threatened (26%), being bullied (23%), theft (15%), destruction of property (14%), being physically attacked (13%)
Question 3 How are some boys taking away this stereotype? • Boys actually spend more of time, playing sports and going to the gym, rather than staying on the streets. Many boys enjoy sports such as football and basketball and they would spend most of their time going to extra school activities, playing for their call teams in matches . Some boys also attend many different outside school activities and even many attend youth clubs. Boys obviously go out to socialise but this can be done in many ways for example, cinemas, concerts, bowling, etc just like any other teenagers would do.
Experts/Opinions- Qualitative Research • To solve teenage crime I think we need more organisations helping young people to get involved with activities. • A lot of crime happens just because of boredom. • I got involved in the Positive Futures programme back in November last year. • They came around to our estate, got to know us and asked us what we wanted, what we needed. • They arranged activities and trips for us that would keep us off the streets, and also help us develop life skills. • Now things are better for me. I've stopped hanging around with certain people. • I have a job and I'm sorting my life out. • 17 year old James
Statistics/Data- Quantative Research • between 1999 and 2007, overall (police recorded) crime in London fell by 12 per cent
Question 4 How does the media portray young boys?
• Teenagers are portray negative in the overall media. When you look at the news another teenager has been stabbed or shot. The media rarely mention teenage boys doing well or pasting their GCSEs. There is always a twist to it something bad always needs to happen in order for the media to sell. Teenage boys are a threat to today's society and you must cross the road when you see a drop of boys on the other side.
Experts/Opinions- Qualitative Research • Experts: -Elaine Peace, UK director of children's services at NCH, the children's charity, said that teenagers were more likely to be the victim of a crime than the perpetrator: "Young people are 10 times more likely to be actively volunteering in the community than committing offences and young people are more likely to be victims of crime than adults. The media is fuelling stereotypes of children and the fear of young people. We should be highlighting the fantastic work young people do in the community. • Opinions: The main stereotype is that we all walk around hooded up, going around battering old ladies. In the papers and the media they are making it out to be worse than it is. It makes the older generation scared of teenagers. We're not all yobs. We don't all go around mugging old ladies.
• the negative effect that this form of music would have on today's youth. With violence and drug use rising, one must wonder, "What's the cause"" Though hip-hop is definitely not the only cause, it doesn't help.
•
Question 5 How does the public now look at teenage boys? Do they stereotype them for doing good or
causing trouble? Have they change their views? • This question is a rhetorical question, where the audience look back on how they thought teenage boys before and see what they think of them now after hearing the answers to the other questions. • Maybe the government needs to still do something about it set up more youth activities, so that teenage boys have more things to do. • 54 per cent of Londoners say that crime is one of their top three personal concerns, this rises to 61 per cent for 18-34 year-olds
Reflection Of First IdeaAfter Research
• After finding my secondary research using the internet, I was able to find a lot of information about the stereotype and a lot of expert opinions. If I was going to go through with this idea I would be able to use of statistics to prove the message of this stereotype. In terms of expert and opinions, it shows that I would be able to get sources in order to film, so the viable of this accessible.
Sources
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/behind-the-stere
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/may/14/ukcrime.immigrationpo
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/antisocialbehaviour/Asbo-blitz
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/murder-hunt-after-bo http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/may/13/ukcrime.boris http://www.knifecrimes.org/uk-knife-crime-victims.html • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7115861.stm
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