Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Final Project-Teens and social class

Here is our group: Katrina, Jess and Elena and I. We are investigating the relationship between teens and social class, and the way media portrays this relationship, both from an introspective and observational perspective. We will be using video clips from "People Like Us"- one of which is called Tammy's story, and we will be comparing this media to another media clip from the film for some contrast. We will also be utilizing a handful of analytical pieces from Jean Anyon and Gregory Mantsios to pick apart the constructs media chose to emphasize in this film, and also to highlight the oppressive (or very beneficial) nature of social class orientation with regards to education and social/cultural capital.
Here is the entire video segment on YouTube (it was too large to embed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8VXrHeLqBA

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  1. Hey! Ok, so we were thinking parts of these clips from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Basically showing the difference between the 2 cousins, 1 being from Bel Air and the other being from Philly.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhHWWpTmKJQ
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSGvQLw8-pM&feature=related

    For the handout, we were thinking maybe statistics and random facts about classism and teens? What do you think?

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