Youth Culture and Media - Hooliganism in the Balkans
Savo Bojovic
Loughborough University
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Youth Culture and Media
12SSC365
What are the main characteristics of contemporary youth cultures and practices, and how are they represented in the media?
Lecturer: David Buckingham
Overview
The youth culture presented in this paper will be the football hooligans in Serbia. To start off, the way in which contemporary hooligan groups in Serbia are organized will be presented. These organization aspects will include the ways in which groups are structured, as well as how they are being financed. In addition to this, certain elements of the specific clothing style that this youth culture possesses for the sake of recognition and appearance will also be mentioned. Furthermore, by taking the war in Former Yugoslavia of the 1990’s as the focal point, certain causes and motives will be uncovered as to determine the degree of nationalistic, racist, and religious roots in the formation of the hooligan youth. The paper will include a majority of the activities that these hooligans participated in, while also trying to highlight certain little known positive ones (i.e. charity donations). Additionally, the role of media in depicting Serbian hooligans will be examined on the principle of how beneficial or detrimental has it been for the existence of the entire phenomenon. The media questioned will be the mainstream media such as television news programs and newspapers, because of their broad ranged impact on all levels of society.
Finally, the issue of media misrepresentation will be looked at more closely, with a couple of relevant examples.
Serbian Hooligan Groups Organization and Style
In his article, Savkovic (2010) gives a detailed description of a contemporary Serbian hooligan group. His research was based on the two most famous groups of hooligans in Serbia, the FC Red Star Belgrade and FC Partizan Belgrade, teams whose
Loughborough University
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Youth Culture and Media
12SSC365
What are the main characteristics of contemporary youth cultures and practices, and how are they represented in the media?
Lecturer: David Buckingham
Overview
The youth culture presented in this paper will be the football hooligans in Serbia. To start off, the way in which contemporary hooligan groups in Serbia are organized will be presented. These organization aspects will include the ways in which groups are structured, as well as how they are being financed. In addition to this, certain elements of the specific clothing style that this youth culture possesses for the sake of recognition and appearance will also be mentioned. Furthermore, by taking the war in Former Yugoslavia of the 1990’s as the focal point, certain causes and motives will be uncovered as to determine the degree of nationalistic, racist, and religious roots in the formation of the hooligan youth. The paper will include a majority of the activities that these hooligans participated in, while also trying to highlight certain little known positive ones (i.e. charity donations). Additionally, the role of media in depicting Serbian hooligans will be examined on the principle of how beneficial or detrimental has it been for the existence of the entire phenomenon. The media questioned will be the mainstream media such as television news programs and newspapers, because of their broad ranged impact on all levels of society.
Finally, the issue of media misrepresentation will be looked at more closely, with a couple of relevant examples.
Serbian Hooligan Groups Organization and Style
In his article, Savkovic (2010) gives a detailed description of a contemporary Serbian hooligan group. His research was based on the two most famous groups of hooligans in Serbia, the FC Red Star Belgrade and FC Partizan Belgrade, teams whose
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