Abstract
This paper examines the production of the Mexican American youth gang story for local television news from a Gramscian perspective. It argues that the production of these stories is the result of a social process and therefore is socially constructed within a context in which power is used to influence the discourse about Mexican American youth gangs. Such discourse is related to the prevailing ideology and generally serves to further the interests of those in power. Different theoretical models that attempt to explain the representation of the news media s reporting of the Mexican American youth gang are critiqued. Data were collected by interviewing different persons in the community, including news workers, police officers, social service providers, community leaders, and young Mexican Americans.
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