2. purple
How youths are portrayed through
different media platforms

3. Blue
The media can be a
powerful tool in reinforcing society may come to view it as a reality
stereotypes rather than a chosen representation.
Negative stereotypes not only affect how adults
It affects the way society views them, see teenagers, they influence how teenagers see
and change society's expectations of themselves.
them with enough exposure to a The feeling that the rest of the world doesn't
stereotype on youths. respect or understand you does little to encourage
a positive sense of self-worth.

4. Blue
RESEARCH: ARTICLE LINK
I have found an article that relates really well with the topic we considering to take
forward…
“Survey, commissioned by Young People Now
magazine, suggests third of press articles about
young people were about crime and 71% saw
young people negatively”
Youth campaigners, backed by children's
minister Margaret Hodge, say the young are
being unfairly targeted and should not be
linked automatically with anti-social
behaviour.

5. Blue
PUBLICS OPINIONS
We decided to let some people aged 25+ to fill out a questionnaire (their view about
Youth and their representation) and spoke through some of there explanations
Here is what they said:
“majority of the time Issues to do with youth on the news has always been a
negative, which obvisley gives people a bad impression on them, a negative
one”
“the crime on the news, youth are always involved somewhere in that issue,
which makes some youths appear to be violent”
“Films where young people are associating themselves
with drugs, knifes, etc”
They are generalising all youths by always doing this
which gives all youths a Different outlook.
The representation of youths is of only a minority in
Britain, there are many youths that are well educated
and behaved ie.youths going to university and helping
out the community”

6. Blue
Statistics
The media should cover more positive stories about
young people?
47% of adults believe that
teenagers are portrayed in
the media as drug abusers,
alcoholics or as
participating in anti-social
behaviour, while only 7%
of the people surveyed
believed that they are
portrayed in a positive
way.

7. BLUE
Males are most likely than females to have committed criminal
Peer pressure offence
Fore some Men, crime amounts to being seen as masculine
(Messerschmidt,1993)
Risk factors Young males have less informal control exercised in there lives
Associated (smart,1976)
with youth
offenders Young males are more likely to be targeted by the police
Troubled
home life
Drug misuse
Mental illness
Poor educational experience

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TV/ new

9. purple

10. purple

11. Video Games BLUE
These video games representations may have an important effect on
behaviour and attitudes
GTA4
Centre on topics such as graphic violence, sex,
violent and gory scenes, partial or full nudity,
portrayal of criminal behaviour or other
provocative and objectionable material.

12. RED

13. purple
Decreased by 17 per cent