How has the way the media has represented and/or created collective identity changed over time?

How has the way the media has represented and/or created collective identity changed over time?

- Refer to at least one historical and one contemporary text in your answer.
- Refer to at least two different media industries in your answer.

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Create an essay plan for this question, use the historical examples in the previous post, as well as our work on moral panics, subculture, youth identity, your own research and theories, to help create your answer.

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Introduction -
- Define the question
- Outline your argument & case studies. What are you going to prove?
- Theoretical Underpinning

Example One: Historical identity;

- What are the historical representations of youth identity in the media?
- Are did the media reflecting or creating these representations? (Was this an example of a moral panic?)
- What is the collective identity presented, or was it created, how?
- Theorists / Evidence / Quotes from the time.

Example Two: (More recent identity)
- What is the collective identity created or represented here?
- How was it created or represented?
- Are there any quotes, references, or theorists to help explain this?
- How does this differ from the more historical example? Or is it the same? (Probably a bit of both)
- How does this match the quotes and theorists and sources you used in your previous example?
- Go back to the question; how has this changed or not?

Example Three: (Current & Contemporary identity.)
- What is the collective identity created or represented here?
- How was it created or represented?
- Are there any quotes, references, or theorists to help explain this?
- How does this differ from the more historical example? Or is it the same? (Probably a bit of both)
- How does this match the quotes and theorists and sources you used in your previous example?
- Go back to the question; how has this changed or not?

Conclusion;

Summarise your arguments and points. What is the pattern or trend you have shown in your essay?
Go back to the question how has the identity changed? (What are your key points to justify this)