Hoodies or Altar Boys (2009) - Youth Representations

• The Case Study 'Hoodies or Altar Boys' was conducted for media representations of youth in 2009
• 'Hoodies or Altar Boys' (2009) examined national & regional newspaper looking at how teenagers were covered and the terms used was 'thugs' and 'hoodies' etc.
• 'Hoodies or Altar Boys' (2009) found that newspaper stories about teens were mostly about crime
• 'Hoodies or Altar Boys' (2009) only found 24% of stories about teens & sport were positive
• 'Hoodies or Altar Boys' (2009) found only 16% of stories about teens and entertainment were positive
• 'Hoodies or Altar Boys' (2009), the researchers conducted a survey with 1000 boys and found:

  • 85% of teen boys said newspapers portray them in a negative light