Synopsis
A major inquiry into the future of the BBC begins, and does Channel 4's Benefits Street reinforce harmful stereotypes or depict the reality of life on benefits?
- Programme: The Media Show
- Episode: Benefits Street; future of the BBC
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Sociology | How are youth subcultures formed? Why do they develop? | Theoretical views of the role of youth culture and subcultures: functionalism, Marxism/neo-Marxism, feminism, postmodernism. Subcultures.
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