Waterloo Road - Case Study [AGE]

In this episode of Waterloo Road, teenagers are shown in a very negative way. To start off with, there are kids on the playground throwing around another kids bag whilst he tries to get it back, this is bullying, and from this you straight away get a negative representation of teenagers. Then the scene goes to the toilets, I high angle shot over the cubicles, and the cubicles have lots of writing and vandalism on them, the camera looks down on the two girls doing drugs and talking about getting 'baked' this camera shot was chosen for the reason as almost as if you're looking down on them, they're very foolish and weak, giving a negative representation.

Brooklyn Riot - Daily Mail - Case Study [AGE]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291941/Brooklyn-riot-Teens-protest-death-Kimani-Gray-Flatbush.html

This article shows a negative representation of young people. It discusses the Brooklyn Riot which involved 100 teenagers, 16 years of age, rioting after a 16 year old was shot dead.
The use of language to create a negative representation is straight away used from the word 'chaos'. This word shows what these riots were like and what these teenagers caused, making the audience & readers not like these teenagers, creating a negative representation.
Something else used was 'sounds like a war zone' this emphasises how bad these riots were, once again creating a negative representation of youth.
To counteract this, 'peaceful protest' was used to show that even though it wasn't going to be violent protest and was going to be fair, and teenagers still created chaos by rioting.

Tom Daley - Daily Mail Article - Case Study [AGE]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2119121/Tom-Daley-wins-silver-medal-Beijing.html

This article shows a positive representation of young, where as most representations of young people shown through the media is negative, this shows success and dedication by 17 year old Tom Daley.
Straight away you see 'He does it again' implying Tom Daley has once again done something remarkable and achieving. In the paragraph when discussing what he did and where he was to achieve his silver medal, the use of language such as 'impressive' gives a very positive representation of Tom Daley and his diving.

The image that has been chosen to be shown is once again a very positive one, showing Tom Daley and his diving partner both next to eachother, arms around eachother showing their friendship, both smiling holding up their silver medals, this overall gives a very positive representation of Tom Daley and young people.

Chris Brown - Strip - Music Video - Case Study [GENDER]

This music video shows a specific representation to both men and women.
More or less all the women in the video are wearing either bikinis or revealing clothes, which would attract men and see them as a sex object.
The lyrics in the video are sung by male singer 'Chris Brown' and the chorus is 'I just wanna see you strip' which shows the representation of both genders, men just using women for sexual gain, and women once again just being shown as sex objects.

50 Cent - Many Men - Music Video - Case Study [ETHNICITY]

- Usage of Non-Diegetic sound, gun shots, gives the audience an idea of the video they're watching.
- Two men in the car, get an idea of the kind of people they are as they're discussing murdering someone, negative representation.
- Gun shots, shooting of a man walking down the street, negative representation of black people.
- People gathering round a table, all drinking alcohol, negative representation of ethnicity again.
- Use of strong language in the video, such as 'nigger' and 'f**k'.
- Clothes 50 Cent is wearing, short sleeve top, wearing jewellery, cap on backwards, pure stereotype of a black rapper.
- Blood up the wall, negative representation.

All these different things give off a negative representation of black people. 

FHM Magazine Cover - Mila Kunis - Case Study [GENDER (FEMALE)]

- Main image, attractive women, wearing very revealing clothing, giving a direct address to the audience, attracting men. Gives the sense she is a sex object.
- Cover line 'Be a sex athlete', there is once again a reference to sex, which once again implies that Mila Kunis is a sex object.

This case study shows how women are portrayed as sex objects in the Media.