Detailed Proposal

1. Topic Area
Crime and the Media

2. Proposed title, question, hypothesis
How does the media represent gun crime?

3. Teacher approval granted, in principal?
Yep :)

4. Principle texts (if text based study)
Newspaper articles, TV, film (maybe)

5. Reason for choice
Im really interested in this sort of stuff and think that if you had an interest in a particular topic, then you'll enjoy the task more.

6. Academic context for this study (similar research, relevant theory, named theorists)


7. Institutional context for this study (industry focus, other texts for comparison, named practitioners, relevant theory, issues, questions)
Why are young black men at the centre of most crimanal activies...

8. Identify the audience context for this study (audience profile, access to audience, potential sample)
* Young male teeenagers aged 15-20
* Teachers and adults
* Young teenagers
* Victims of youth crime

9. How will the 4 key concepts be relevant to your study (audience, institution, forms and conventions, representation)?
I will draw upon these 4 concepts in order to create a solid argument - i will go into each one individually and see how they all contribute to youth crime as well as how they may encourage youths to behave inappropriately.

10. Potential research sources (secondary): secondary academic books and websites, secondary industry books and websites, secondary popular criticism. Please identify specific examples you have come across.
* Online newspaper sites which offer online articles
* Newspaper articles which are relevant to my study.

11. Potential research sources (primary): audience reception research, your own content/textual analysis etc
* Interviews with memebers of the public
* Online forums, where people can voice there opinions.

12. Modifications agreed with your lead teacher

13. Potential limits/obstacles/problems?

14. Teacher concerns

15. Teacher approval