Media Theories

There are many different media theories and specific example in the media which support these theories.
Stuart Hall’s theory is that young people rebel because they don't want to end up like their parents.
Another theory is Marcel Danesi's theory that youth is important so older people hold onto their youth and act immature as a result of it. An example of this is in the TV series Friends. There are numerous episodes where the characters don’t act their age and do immature things that they regret later on. For example in the episode 'the one where they all turn 30'  the characters do things like get drunk at their 30th birthday party, or make bargains with god to not let them turn 30. All these example support Marcel Danesi's theory.
http://www.tv.com/shows/friends/the-one-where-they-all-turn-thirty-17474/

The Marxists of the Frankfurt school of social studies says that communism is important and every man should be equal to one another.
The last media theorist is Stan Cohen who believes that the mass media labels young people and the behaviour they show is a result of being labelled. For example in the TV show Eastenders the character 'Fatboy' is portrayed as a chav by the way he dresses and his dialect.