Media Kingdown

Great list of stereotypes - can you think of media texts to link to them all?

The finding comes ahead of the latest Government employment figures, which will be published this morning and are expected to show that youth unemployment is still at around one million. Four-fifths of 14- to 17-year-olds feel their age group is unfairly represented in the media, according to polling of more than 1,000 young people by the think tank Demos.

Great statistics.

Good news, for those of you who had lost hope in modern society. According to a report by the thinktank Demos today's teenagers - or youth, as certain newspapers prefer to dub them - far from being antisocial hoody-clad riot-mongers, are actually highly concerned with social issues, keen to volunteer, and take fewer drugs and drink less alcohol than previous generations.

Brilliant alternative to the stereotype.

Covering major issues in adolescent sexuality in the United States from colonial times to the present, this work provides an account of how adults, from policymakers to police and parents, have attempted to intervene in the sexual lives of adolescents, and how adolescent sexuality has been and continues to be a subject of social concern and control.This balanced, nuanced, and data-grounded view of the past and present of adolescent sexuality provides readers with a store of valuable and reliable information.

Brilliant resource!

In-depth study of illegal file sharing shows Manchester is most active UK city in illicit file sharing - and Ed Sheeran the most illegally downloaded perfomer.

In-depth study of illegal file sharing shows Manchester is most active UK city in illicit file sharing - and Ed Sheeran the most illegally downloaded perfomer.

Great resource - make sure your get a note of the key statistics: More than 33 million albums and 10 million singles were downloaded illegally in the first six months of this year from the popular file sharing network BitTorrent. Equating to a loss in retail sales of more than 500 million pounds, the figures highlight why music companies are concerned about the damage this might do to their long term sales.

A US television channel has scrapped plans to produce a pilot programme called Alice in Arabia after Twitter users labelled the concept "lazy" and "racist". The channel in question - ABC Family - announced it would be making the show last Monday, and the premise caused immediate alarm.

United Colors of Benetton has launched a new ad campaign showing world leaders locked in same-sex kisses in what it called a bid to build a new culture of tolerance.

United Colors of Benetton has launched a new ad campaign showing world leaders locked in same-sex kisses in what it called a bid to build a new culture of tolerance.

As from 13 March 2014 you'll discover 17,526 British TV ads conveniently on hand for immediate free viewing online. The tellyAds archive of TV adverts is getting bigger every day, resulting in this being the UK's best free collection of TV commercials.

As from 13 March 2014 you'll discover 17,526 British TV ads conveniently on hand for immediate free viewing online. The tellyAds archive of TV adverts is getting bigger every day, resulting in this being the UK's best free collection of TV commercials.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people were portrayed for 5 hours and 43 minutes - 4.5 per cent of total programming. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people were portrayed negatively for two hours and three minutes. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people were positively and realistically portrayed for just 46 minutes, 0.6 per cent of total programmes monitored. Three quarters of portrayal was confined to just four programmes - Hollyoaks, I'm A Celebrity..., How to Look Good Naked and Emmerdale. Half (49 per cent) of all portrayal was stereotypical. Gay people were depicted as figures of fun, predatory or promiscuous. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people were portrayed negatively for two hours and three minutes - accounting for 36 per cent of all portrayal. Just seven minutes featured scenes where homophobia was challenged.