Mock Questionnaire:

1.Gender:

• Male
• Female

2. Age category:

-need a representative x-section of society

• 8-12 years
• 13-16 years
• 17-19 years
• 20-25 years
• 26-35 years
• 36-45 years
• 46-55 years
• 56+ years

3. How much news across TV-Press-Radio-Internet do you read/watch/listen to within an average week?

-tells me to what degree they may be influenced

-tells me if they are news-literate or dependent

• 0 hours (if so then you may end this questionnaire, thankyou)
• 1-2 hours
• 2-4hours
• 4+ hours

4. What 'type' of news do you listen/watch/read the most? (Tick appropriate)

-news conventions differ across platforms,
-more opinionated, factual, brief, niche, discussion based, differing ideologies etc.

• Press.
  N.paper name...................
• TV.
  Channel..............................
• Internet
  Website..............................
• Radio
  Station................................

5. a. From your experiences of reading the news, do you remember any youth related stories?

• Yes, please identify..................................................................................................................................
• No (move onto the next question)

b. Did these news stories make youths seem positive or negative?

• Very negative
• Slightly negative
• neutral view
• slightly positive
• very positive

c. 80% of my news reserach shows....
50% shows....
25% shows....
5% shows.....
(or just refer to my moodboard- or is this for focus group instead??)

In everyday life does this reflect YOUR society?

• Yes
• No (State which is more/less reflected in real society)...................................................

6. News shows a cross-section of the society. Would the way youths were shown in newspapers affect your own ideas and actions towards youths in real life?

(eg. if there was a story where a youth chased a robber to get back an old ladies purse would it add/build more trust in youths? eg.2 if there was a story where groups of youths were seen as muggers, would it make you more anxious of youths or just everybody?)

-convinced by the news
-does it go as far as changing their habits/attitudes in society?
-can they see that news is a commerical business and is influenced for many reasons?

• Yes
• No
• Possibly
• ........

7. Are you critical/supportive of the news coverage youth cultures receive? why?

-awareness of news conventions..
-more open Q which gives a clearer viewpoint ot analyse

• Yes/ No. ..............

8. would you change the way youths are represented in the news? If so, how?

• Yes/No. ...............

9. Do you experience a close contact with any youth cultures? (Tick Appropriate)

-tells me to what degree they are dependent/influenced by the news information.

-do they fully support the news form experience

-can they dismiss it with good reason?

• NO
• Yes,
• occupational
• parent/guardian
• other..

10. Have you been a victim of youth crime? (direct question for me to relate to and poss. do a frequ. analysis)

• Yes (supports the repres. in the news)
• No (then this could show that their views are psuedonistic-i.e. fully influecnecd by the news)

Thankyou for your time.
Matt Barnes