Reception theory

 

1) What is the preferred reading of a media text?

2) What is the oppositional reading of a media text?

3) How does the Adolescence clip position the audience to respond to the teenage character in the scene?

It makes it seem like teenagers get angry easily/ bad tempered and are violent compared to the start where he was innocent, timid and scared.

4) Why might young people reject this reading and construct an oppositional reading of the trailer?

5) Exam-Style Q: Explain how representations of young people are constructed in this clip.