Teenage Riot! - Youth, Media and Collective Identity: An A Level Study Day at BFI Southbank

This study day will be particularly relevant to OCR’s AS Media exam on representation of social groups, as well as the A2 ‘perspective’ on Media and Collective Identity; AQA MEST3 on Representations in the Media; and WJEC Media Representation. The day will look at the origins of the concept of the ‘teenager’ in 1950s America but will focus on youth identity as a construct. In the morning a clip-rich presentation will examine messages sent about young people from a wide range of British films and TV, opening discussions about the accuracy of these representations and the intended audiences for these texts. In the afternoon there will be a film screening and a Q and A with the film-makers giving students and teachers a chance to ask questions about the context for representations of youth in the media.