CI.
My focus for my critical investigation has been on teen violence, and their increasing involvement in gun and knife crime. Many films and media stories are seen to promote and influence teen violence through the way they portray it.
Primary sources:
Kidulthood, and its sequel Adulthood: Both of these films show the graphic nature of teen gun and knife violence and make no attempts to cover up the background surrounding this issue.
Secondary sources:
Online news articles: Two youths, aged 14 and 17, were found guilty of murder and three others, aged 17, 14 and 15, were found guilty of manslaughter at the Old Bailey.
None of the defendants or young witnesses can be named because of their ages.
A 16-year-old convicted of murdering a man in London on Christmas Eve 2008 has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey.
Nathan Harris, from west London, set off a "lethal train of events" that led to Craig Brown, 20, being shot dead outside his girlfriend's home.
Mr Brown, who had been out with his son and his girlfriend, Denica Date, was shot five times in Shepherd's Bush as he unloaded Christmas shopping.
Police have named a man shot dead in a street in west London as he returned from a Christmas shopping trip.
Craig Brown, 20, was found by police and London Ambulance Service in Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush, after being shot at 1650 GMT on Christmas Eve.
The Teenage murder rate on the rise again
By Chris Greenwood, Press Association
Friday, 23 April 2010
death of a 17-year-old boy in Greenwich brings the toll of teenagers murdered in London this year to nine.
Murder squad detectives are probing what caused his fatal injuries at a house in Greenwich after a neighbour reported hearing a shot in the early hours.
All of the above sources may be seen to be set out in order to warn us of the increase of teenage violence on the streets, but could it be suggested that they are actually promoting it to teens too?
Bibliography
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenage-murder-rate-on-the-rise-again-1952430.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7337166.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7799681.stm#
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ReplyDeletegood start on beginning to develop the main focus of your critical investigation...the chosen focus sounds interesting because it is an issue which causes a moral panic in today's society.
ReplyDeletewww: good use of secondary resource to back up your point regarding the numbers of teenagers involve in gun and knife crimes.
ebi: maybe you could try to relate your chosen topic and mention how this may go into the other contexts such as historical context or economical context
very good work maybe a bit more development on the sources and add more detail :)
ReplyDeletethese are very good example of secondary source. how will you show this e.g video games or music video..
ReplyDeleteThis is a good start to a list of sources but NOT a plan for a CI.
ReplyDeleteebi. what you would need to develop is an approach to the material, how you intend to investigate it, what you are trying to explore and/or prove. It is helpful to have a question or hypothesis in mind. Think about what might fit: life imitating art or the other way round? effects theory? what audience theory could be applied to the film texts you mention? Does it centre on 'urban youth', 'young black men', social housing environments? what SHEP context?
In preparing for the REAL THING you must dig a little deeper and prepare a little more.