Websites that are central to my study:

I found alot of websites that focus on the representation of women but very few that are dedicated to the representation of men. Below are the following webistes that i will be using for my study:

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/MC30820/represent.html
This website focuses on representation as a whole. Includes a diagram to explain the process used in creating representations, with some useful questions to evoke responses.

http://www.kidulthoodlife.blogspot.com/
This is last year Alliaya’s blog on Kidulthood. I chose this website because her study deals with the representation of teenagers which is essentially the basis of my study too. I intend on using books used in her bibliograpghy to help me with my research.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-politics/
This website is key to my study because it identifies a term called “identity politics” which is crucial in understanding why certain people of certain social class are represented in the way they are. This term will help explain a lot about why black teenagers in Gridiron gang are represented as strong criminals.

http://www.identities.org.uk/
This website is by far the most important of all my websites. This page shows a study on “Ethnicity, Identity and Social Relations in Prison.” The idea of ‘prison’ directly links to my study.

http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/identities/pdf/r_meek_youngoffenders.pdf
Once again, I have found studies that directly link to my topic. The narrative of Gridiron gang concludes with the success of a few prisoners moving back into community life. This study here is on young offenders and their transition from custody to community.

http://mediaknowall.com/representation.html
A useful website for A2 media students on representation. I will be looking here for the basic ideas that help build up representations.

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=gridiron+gang&sp-a=sp090f2100&sp-p=any&sp-f=iso-8859-1
This website is really helpful because it has a variety of links which are to do with the representation of 'gangs.' I will be researching all the links here in depth for my study.