1945-1960

Blue lamp 1952

Brighton rock 1947

Dance hall

The happiest days of your life

No place for Jennifer

Bentley 
“new media had changed the relationship between producers and audience”

Laurie
“Teenagers are presented as a class themselves”

Medhurst
“They’re awful, because they aren’t like us”

Stanley Hall

“Adolescence is a time of storm and stress when all young people go through some degree of behavioural upheaval”

osgerby and hedbridge

“youth is portrayed in two ways, either fun or trouble”

1945 – world war 2 ends.

Post war austerity

1945 - 1959

Invention of the teenager

Baby boom – large growth population

Invention of the teenager –

Commodification of society – new inventions during the war

Birth of the modern nuclear family

Birth of global broadcasting- cinema, tv,

Gender politics – women have more rights

Social and cultural change

Between the years of 1945 and 1960 there was a huge change, mainly revolving around the representation of youths at that time. After world war 2 had ended there was a baby boom, meaning that there was a large growth in population at this time resulting in Britain being a younger country. free schooling was brought in which meant that everyone could go, this also helped the change in representation of youths in that time. 

1960s

The 1960s introduced Mods, Rockers, and hippies. The youth was portrayed negatively in the press with newspapers headlines saying ‘Mods and Rockers jailed after seaside riots’ A quotes from that newspaper article read ‘A mod got pushed through a window and got badly cut he was pouring with blood. It was really nasty and there was this copper holding this lad and he was quite emotional: ‘for Christ sakes, just look at this! He said’ this article links with hedbridges theory of “youth is trouble” (1988). The 1960s also introduced a lot of change, such as contraception, the rise in super models and drugs.

were youth copying what was being said in the articles. 

1964: Mods and Rockers jailed after seaside riots

The Mods wore designer suits protected by Parka jackets and were often armed with coshes and flick-knives. They rode Vespa or Lambretta scooters bedecked with mirrors and mascots and listened to Ska music and The Who.

Rockers rode motorbikes - often at 100mph with no crash helmets - wore leathers and listened to the likes of Elvis and Gene Vincent.

“A Mod got pushed through a window and got so badly cut he was pouring with blood. It was really nasty and there was this copper holding this lad and he was quite emotional: ‘For Christ’s sake, just look at this!’ he said.

The 1960s introduced Mods, Rockers, and hippies. The youth was portrayed negatively in the press with newspapers headlines saying ‘Mods and Rockers jailed after seaside riots’ A quotes from that newspaper article read ‘A mod got pushed through a window and got badly cut he was pouring with blood. It was really nasty and there was this copper holding this lad and he was quite emotional: ‘for Christ sakes, just look at this! He said’ this article links with hedbridges theory of “youth is trouble” (1988). The 1960s also introduced a lot of change, such as contraception, the rise in super models and drugs.