Young People From An Ethnic And / Or Low Socio Economic Background

Party goers, hooligans, and just plain idiots is how the media represent Australian youth. Far too often, Australian youth is depicted negatively. It is unfair that the media represents youth this way because there are many young Australians out there who need to be recognized for their positive achievements. Several articles that I will share with you today will illustrate how the media leaves readers thinking the worst about teenagers. This must stop. It’s time to shine a spotlight on the great things young people can do and say.

Gangs have been perceived by the media as groups of individuals, often youths, who congregate to commit crimes to

New Labour youth justice policy and practice over the past decades have been deep-rooted in an ideological framework. That incorporates criminological theoretical both neo-liberal approaches in regarding young people who commit offences, that has become responsibility for the management of risk, and less tolerant of indiscipline more overtly in society (Muncie, 2008). Likewise neo-conservative ideologies that involves of left realisation of policy and reintegrative shaming. Whereby the offending activities of the individual are shamed with the punishment that suit the crime, however at the same time take in consideration the circumstances whereby the individual commit the offence (Hopkins Burke, 2008). Increasingly, in United Kingdom there have been a culture of fear which surrounding the youths in society influences in part by cases such as the murder of two year old James Bulger committed by ten year olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables in 1992 as the contributing factors (Pitts,2001).

I would argue that Dana Mastro’s 2015 article titled ‘Why the Media’s Role in Issues of Race and Ethnicity Should be in the Spotlight’ makes an important contribution to our understanding of the media’s role in the construction of perceptions of racial and ethnic groups and how these perceptions effect the social position of the people that they are about .This is largely because the media plays a huge role in an individual’s daily lives and it is very difficult to avoid its influence, at least partly, due to its frequency at which it is consumed. Moreover it provides a very good overview of many of the issues regarding race and inequality which makes it very good for Its intended purpose, to encourage further research into the area as the writer sees it as important. First Mastro argues that ‘media exposure has been determined to play a meaningful role in matters ranging from the construction and maintenance of racial/ethnic cognitions (and emotions), to expectations about intergroup relations, to policy decision making, to perceptions of self and identity’ (Mastro,D.2015.pg.1/2) .

A number of recent investigations have concluded that news programs often systematically misrepresent black Americans as perpetrators of crime and whites as victims of or defenders against lawbreaking (Dixon 1). According to those investigations by Dixon and Linz (2000a), “Blacks were twice as likely as Whites to be seen as perpetrators, six times more likely to be portrayed as perpetrators than officers, and overrepresented as criminals.”

A 2001 study by Dorfman and Schiraldi found that crimes against African Americans were underrepresented in reporting and overrepresented as perpetrators, white victims tended to receive more lengthy coverage as well. In Los Angeles television news African Americans were 22% more likely to be shown on TV committing violent crimes than non-violent ones despite the fact that arrest reports indicate that African Americans in Los Angeles commit both types of crime almost equally (Dorfman & Schiraldi, 2001). The study also shows how youths are also disproportionately covered: 7 out of 10 local TV news stories dealing with violent crime in California had youths as the perpetrators despite the fact that youths commit only 14.4% of violent crime in that state. Furthermore, half of the stories dealing with minors for any reason involved violence even though only 2% (though due to unreported crimes the actual number may be higher) of California youths have been victims or perpetrators of violent crime (Drofman & Schiraldi, 2001). This increased focus on youth crimes has led to increased support for treating juvenile offenders as adults and, especially in instances of more serious crimes, applying the same retributive punishments previously not applied to young offenders (Glassner, 1999, p. 73). These findings show how not only are the media's sensationalized reporting of crime contributing to a

As well as, the unequal treatment and portrayal of racialized groups by politicians, police forces, individual members of society, and the media. No expert is presented in this article, since different social institutions all reinforce racial inequality. There is no need for a real expert on

Racial and ethnic disparities persist in the juvenile justice system leading to disparate impact. In 2011 youth of color represented about 45 percent of total youth in the U.S., but accounted for more than 70 percent of youth detained in the juvenile justice system (JJIE, 2015). In 2014 a partnership between San Diego City Heights residents, Peace Promotion Momentum, and stakeholders within the juvenile justice system in San Diego selected the National Conflict Resolution Center and San Diego Youth Services to pilot the Restorative Community Conference (RCC) as an alternative to the juvenile justice system for youth offenders. RCC has three goals: hold youth offender accountable in a non-punitive way, facilitating victim-centered

The increased number of newly diagnosed HIV cases among young males who have sex with men (MSM) are due to the epic behavioral activities of the young African American males who have sex with men. However, identifying health disparities, stigmas and barriers, and prevention interventions can help alleviate HIV among young African American males who have sex with men.

Why the Medias Role in Issues of Race and Ethnicity Should be in the Spotlight by Dana Mastro explores the effects of portrayal of race in the media. It highlights the issue of misrepresentation of the media on race; which in turn affects real life interactions between people based on preconceived assumptions that the media creates. This journal supports the point of stereotypes in the media enforcing social inequalities in the forms of prejudice and racialization.

Media bias is present in today’s society, but is not easily recognized through the words of the media and social avenues. The media is the biggest form of communication; however it can be seen as the most misinformed or too informed way of communication. In the case of Mike Brown, the media misrepresented this young man and portrayed him as being the person he was not. Society portrayed him as a violent teen as the media told of more violent altercations than it did the acts of a smart, talented, and educated young male.

Youth gangs in North American society are nothing new. When we turn on the news we often hear stories of misguided youth contributing to yet another gang related crime. Even though it is known that youth crimes are overrepresented in the media today, the subject of youth gang activity is quite a predicament to our society. Over the last few years, there has been a moral panic created by constant exposure to the media which portrays a great amount of youth crimes and violence. In Canada there are large urban cities with high proportions of young people, many of which live in poverty, that now have the issue of dealing with youth gangs and youth crimes. Toronto, British Columbia, and Ottawa are examples of Canadian cities that have

I was reading an article from NSW Criminology apparently "youth gangs" are becoming popular in Australia with the First Nations. They are thinking this has to do with the overrepresentation in the criminology system. I am leaning more towards this topic finding out the correlation of overrepresentation and the possibility of joining or having gang membership.

We know from this research that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to experience high levels of racism, across multiple settings. The research found that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander respondents returned much higher rates of experiences of racism: in relation to contact with police and seeking housing, their experiences of racism were four times that of non-Aboriginal Australians.

Media’s influence over a population in terms of their portrayal of gangs has been researched by several experts. Primarily, a few important ideas are communicated in the articles. First, the main role of the media is to amplify the problems in society that both influence the public and are influenced by other factors (Poynting, Noble, and Tabar, 2001). There is a general “us” versus “them” mentality portrayed by the media that further establishes the line between those committing the crime and those attempting to eradicate the problem which also establishes fear in the public (Poynting, Noble, and Tabar, 2001). Generally, the working class and youth are the cause the problem and the police are the ones who perform a re-establishment of control