Bibliography - Websites

1. http://www.jstor.org/pss/3661094

This shows the different urban dramas that have been produced. This website shows that urban drama is a common genre now in movies and this would be relevant to my critical investigation because it mentions different media texts that I could look in to so that I could find out more about the representations of teenagers in urban dramas.

2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A9795478

This article looks specifically at the film Kidulthood and shows how teenagers have been represented in that film which is a contemporary urban drama. The website shows that teenagers have been represented as getting involved in to drugs and teenage pregnancies and the article is saying that this representation of teenagers is true to some extent. This would be interesting for me to look at for my critical investigation as I would be able to investigate the different representations created of teenagers.

3. http://www.moviecitynews.com/columnists/dretzka/2006/060228.html

This shows again the different examples of urban drama movies that teeagers are in. This shows that teenagers are being represented in urban dramas in different ways because teenagers mostly are being stereotyped as always getting in to crime and being violent. This would be useful to me for my critical investigation because I would lookg at the different representations of teenagers.

4. http://panachereport.com/channels/hip%20hop%20gallery/UrbanDramas.htm

This website shows the way that the teenagers are being represented. "From a herp to criminal". This shows that teenagers that are being represented negatively either way even if they are being shown as the hero . This would link to my critical investigation because it is looking at teenagers and I could use this to investigate teenagers in more depth.

5. http://www.allmovie.com/explore/type/urban-drama-979

This shows the basics of urban drama and mentions the characteristics of urban dramas for example, chaos and corruption. This would relate to my critical investigation because it is also giving examples of films that shown these characteristics. This would mean that I could look at these films and analyse the stereotypes of teenagers and how they are similar.

6. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/17/television.tvandradioarts1

This article looks at if the stereotype of teenagers is true that is shown in media texts. This would be useful for my critical investigation beause I could look at this article and compare it to other institutions view of teenagers stereotypes in the media. This would help me to understand more how teenagers are being represented in media texts.

7. http://www.culturevulture.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133:precious&catid=2:film&Itemid=7

This is a article that looks at how teenagers are being represented in the film Precious and it shows the different stereotypes of teenagers. This would be something that I could look at for my critical investigation because I could look at this film and see how the representations of teenagers are being consturcted in various media texts.

8. http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=158774&section=review&page=all

This is a media text that I could also look at becuase it is a text that involves teenagers in a negative prospect because it includes the "urban ghetto". This shows that I could use this website to look at this more closely to see what connotations are being created and what imapct this stereotype of teenagers which is why it would link to my critical investigation.

9. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xIBkX8edoewC&pg=PT155&lpg=PT155&dq=teenagers+representation+in+urban+drama&source=bl&ots=jYcNbbcBnw&sig=xdrOdkWIhHCZNUpFjx8tkFIZgg0&hl=en&ei=mWIpS-fyJo_S4QbCopGfDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=&f=false

This website looks at the representations of different groups and it includes teenagers. I could use this google book to look at how teenagers are being represented in media in urban dramas and how this would create a effect on the audience. This would be useful to me for my critical investigation because it could mean that I could understand more about the different representations of teenagers in urban dramas.

10. http://www.blackflix.com/scriptwriters/drama.html

This is based on a film and this would be something that I could look at for my critical investigation because I would need to look at the representations of teenagers in specific urban dramas and I could look at this and see how teenagers are being represented and if it is a typical representation or if its different.