Examples of online media productions created by young people

Most viewed fashion blog in the U.K

 Susie Bubble known as 'Stylebubble' was born in London to Asian parents from Hong Kong. Although she is know currently 30 she started her blog in 2002 and since has grown in popularity. Her blog consists of the latest fashion trends 'susie faves' and creative ways of recycling clothes such as adding materials, cutting away etc. She has written articles for Teen Vogue, appeared on womens hour. She currently has 225,000 followers of her blog.

 Youtube channel: BubzBeauty

 Began her youtube channel at the age of 21, currently has just under 3 million subscribers. Although she now resides in China she was born and brought up in Northern Island until 2 years ago.

 Youtube Channel:KSIOlajidebt

 Olajide Olatunji is a British youtuber based in London. KSI began his channel in 2009 when he was 15, it consists of him playing fifa games and commentating whilst playing various video games. His channel currently has 5.5 million subscribers.

Independent Research

Representation of young people in the Inbetweeners

Fiske Idea 1- 
The representation within television drama is different to film and news due to 'formal conventions'.
During a series a representation lives beyond the end of the episode unlike a film which has an overall 'finale'.
The camera tends to focus on individuals and the performance of the actors which contributes to the plot development.
The Inbetweeners relation 'The Gig and the Girlfriend'- within this episode they attend a gig in which all of them decide to take drugs, this is originally so simon can impress a girl. However when it comes to the actual drug taking they all become very nervous and unsure defeating the stereotype, the episode finishes with Will being taken to hospital and jay running off leaving room for 'what will happen next'? This then allows the characters to live beyond that episode and allowing a emotional connection with the viewer.
Fiske Idea 2-
The relationship with characters is unique compared to other media forms.
Constant repetition of the character means they live in a similar time scale to us (they have a past,present and future). We develop different relationships with that characters from a series then those within a film.
The Inbetweeners relation-Within this episode we learn that Will cried on a ghost train when he was 5, along with 'shitting' himself during an exam. Again this reflects Fiskes idea of presenting the characters with a 'past'.
Fiske Idea 3- 
constructed representations by the writers and producers. The representations are portrayed through appearance, interests, characteristics. Within this episode and throughout the series Will is portrayed as being the responsible one of the group, through the use of his formal clothing (correct uniform)  and standard English. His actions and body language and also quite adult.
Fiske Idea 4-Polysemic reading 
TV drama can be interpreted in many different ways. How us the audience would behave if we were in their shoes. The viewer is less of a subject of dominant ideology and more in control of the process of identification through his/her meanings. Audience judge characters on how they appear.

How can you apply the key theories of Cohen and Hebdige to Harry Brown?

Stanley Cohen- Moral Panic and Folk Devils

A moral panic is an intense feeling about an issue that appears to threaten the social order. Within the film Harry Brown their are various scenes as to what could have easily created a Moral Panic.  The most obvious and typical one was the riot scene, within this scene the police appear very vulnerable in which at this point the teenagers seem to have all the control. This creates a sense of fear for particularly older people who only have an idea of what is happening through the media. Another scene which could be used as an example is the underpass. Throughout the film the only people we see using the underpass is teenagers, all older people take the longer way round regardless of the situation (when Harrys wife was dying in hospital). It appeared the underpass was out of bounds for others, that is until Harry eradicates the estate of vermin (the teenagers) until it is safe.

A folk devil is a person/group of people portrayed within the media as being deviant, they are usually blamed for crimes and other social problems. Within the film the youths act as a collective group and do in fact threaten social order. For example right at the beginning an innocent by stander with her baby is shot. Throughout the film adults have this preconceived idea about the behaviour of youths within the film, this is partly due to some of the scenes which set the youth up as being folk devils, they generally have a lack of understanding behind their behaviour.

Richard Hebdige- Youth Sub- Culture

A youth subculture is a group of people in which share distinct interests, style and behaviour.  Youth subcultures generally offer participants an identity outside of ascribed institutions, such as school,family and the home.  Within the film Harry Brown, there is only one way in which teenagers are represented which is violent,disrespectful rude etc. The youth subculture within the film all share the same sense of interests style and behaviour. For example they all wear a Hoodie and continue to use slang throughout the film. The teenagers are always shot as a collective group, they are always together and rarely do we see them individually. In terms of the youth using slang, this enabled the members of the subculture to understand what they were saying. However made it difficult for the adults. The use of swearing is also popular among the youths where as not once to the adults within the film swear, this gives the impression the youth are the villains. 

Youth Sub-culture