10 KeY WordS In relation 2 Kidulthood:
1.Realism: A film and television style that attempts to represent the real world.
Concepts of realism are governed by recognisable codes and conventions which change over time.
2.Public Interest: the claim that general public concern and the 'need to know' provide justification for a type of media coverage of behaviour and events which might otherwise be seen as intrusive and invasive of the privacy of individuals or organisations.
3.New Ladism: term applied to the male backlash against feminism and girl power, as exemplified by the values represented in magazines suchas 'Loaded', FHM, and Maxim.
4.Moral Panic: Concept devisesd by Jock Young and developed by Stan Cohen to explain the way in which media focus on the behavior of a social group or an event can be inflated by sensational reporting and the repeated use of stereotypes, leadiang to public overreaction or panic at a supposed threat to society.
5.Stereotype: the social classification of agroup of people by identifying common characteristics and universally applying them in an often oversimplified and generalised way, such that the classification represents value and judgements and assumptions about the group concerned.
6.Status quo: MAinstream media repressentations tend to support a status quo view of human life, particularly with regard to socioeconomic power structures and many aspects of cultural behaviour.
7.Social Realism: the representation of characters and issues in film and television drama in such a way as to rase serious underlyingsocial and political issues. Social realism involves a drama-documentary treatment in the sense that, while the characters may be fictional, the contexts and circumstances in which they are placed represent existing social realities.
8.Youth Culture: any range of youth subcultures from the 1950's through to the present day, including aspects of dress, behaviour, music preferences, and relationships.
Whitehouse, AMry(1910-2001): a populist campaigner against sex and violence on televison; She was an ordinary housewife, condemened sexual explicit, and films of a violent nature, as she beleieved they posed a threat to traditional family values, raised moral panic.