LLOYD BANKS INTERVIEW!!!

I had a great opportunity to ask Lloyd Banks (hip hop artist part of the Gunit group to which 50 Cent belongs) a question that would gain a direct knowledge of how hip hop music influences teens from the actual source himself and inevitably benefit my investigation. I attended his afterparty on bank holdiday monday in Leicester Square

He was very friendly and did not mind answering the question i posed to him.

"Does hip hop music glamorise gun crime for teenagers?"

Firstly he laughed, presumabely because this is such a contraversal question but then began to talk about how heavily manipulative the media industry can be at imbellishing the truth. As apposed to displaying the possitive affects we (hip hop artists) have on youths we are heavily portrayed as negative influences on children.

There was so much more I wanted to ask, but obviously did not want to irritate him on his night out. I was happy, got what I needed! Here's a pic below of me and the hip hop artist himself!

trident investigation causes police shooting on black male

Trident is one of the organisations set up to prevent black gun crime on the streets of London and is an essential organisation for me to consider when dealing with my investigation. I gathered this information from http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1401279.mostviewed.man_shot_dead_by_police.php Last night throughout a trident investigation The article titled 'Man shot dead by police' below was written by David Doyle in the 'Ealing Times' Newspaper

AN EALING man was shot dead by police last night.

The man in his 50s was instantly killed during the armed police operation near Park Royal tube station at Hanger Green at 10.25pm.

Police were carrying out a Trident operation - a police crackdown on black-on-black violent crime.

A police spokesperson told the Ealing Times: "At 10.25pm a man in his 50s was shot by police at Hanger Green as a part of pro-active intelligence-lead operation by officers from Trident.

"A helicopter was called but the man was pronounced dead at the scene - no officers were injured in the incident."

Police and the Independent Police Complaint Commission this morning launched investigations into the shooting.

Ill Effects- extracts from David Buckingham

I am currently reading "Ill Effects" -the media/violence debate
and have particulary found the works of David Buckham of interest.

I have listed below the extracts of his work that I have found useful concerning my critical research study on children and the media.

Children are "passive victims of media manipulation"

The media has caused a "moral degradation and social decline."

Media violence is seen "to encourage children to commit acts of violence"

Elizabeth Newton quotes "Media violence represents a form of electronic child abuse."

Children have an "inability (or unwillingness) to conform to adult norms."

"Vulnerability, ignorance and irrationality are regarded as part of the inherent condition of childhood."

Children have an "inability to distinguish between fiction and reality. Children copy what they see on television because they lack the experience and the intellectual capacities that might enable them to see through the illusion of reailty which the medium provides."

Children view what they see to be "an accurate reflection of the world."

The media is portrayed as "A trustworthy guide to behaviour."

Buckingham also touches apon the hypodermic syringe (as discussed in a previous post)

The hypodermic theory depicts children as "passive victims." However Buckingham presents a contrasting belief of children as "active interpreters of meaning" so that they can "consciously process, interpret and evaluate meaning."

Like the gratifications theory (also discussed in a previous post) Buckingham outlines how children use the media for different social purposes.

It "depends upon the users' relationship with other influences."

These are the influences of "age, gender, and social class... different children can effectively occupy different media worlds."

I will try to use some of these quotations from "Ill Effects" in my exam so as to support the evidence that I have found when researching the relationship between teenagers and the media.

post by Jamie-Lee