Media & collective identity representation of youth & youth culture

As individuals we wrote down 5 of more things that came into our heads when these questions where asked of us.

How is Youth Culture represented in the media?

• Selfish
• Boisterous
• Moody
• Rude
• Lazy
• Alcohol
• Drugs
• Sexually Active
• Rebellious
• Disrespectful

How is youth culture represented in TV programs?

• Lazy
• Moody
• Socially Active
• Rule breakers
• Immature
• Emotional
• Dramatic
• No Common Sense

How is youth culture represented in the news?

• Criminals
• Deviant
• Trouble Causers
• Males
• Gangs

How is youth culture represented in films?

• Gangs
• Brave
• Bullies
• Fashion Concious
• Humorous
• Courageous

How is youth culture represented in social media?

• Stalkers
• Cocky
• Opinionated
• Closed minded
• Arrogant
• Technology controlled

Do young people perceive representations of youth in the same ways as parents and adults?

My opinion? - No - Younger people have logical reasoning behind their ways of doing things (usually) and not all youths are bad, a lot are kind people. It's really just a small handful of youths who are miscreant and they're the ones that the media portray and give the rest of teens a bad representation for adults to then go by.