Within the media today, age is represented in a variety of ways. Youths are often stereotyped, the stereotypical representation of youths in the modern day is very negative, they are portrayed as alcoholics and drug abusers, criminals, lazy, complaining and aggressive. Some media texts conform to this stereotype, others go against it.
The Daily Mail produced an article discussing Tom Daley winning an Olympic medal. This represents youths as hardworking and successful. Language such as 'impressive' give a positive representation of his talent and 'Daley does it again' suggests it isn't a one off, he is a consistent athlete and is very talented. The image used is Tom Daley and his diving partner with their arms around eachother holding up their medals smiling, this adds to the positive representation of youths as it shows them as friendly and proud of their achievements. This representation goes against the stereotypical representation of youths in society today
The Daily Mail also produced an article about the Brooklyn Riots, which featured over 100 16 year olds rioted in Brooklyn after a 16 year old boy was shot, this is a negative representation of youths. It has been constructed to represent the riots as a tragedy, with language such as 'chaos', indicating that the riots were chaotic. The article also compares the event to war, by saying 'sounds like a war zone', by comparing the riots to as something as horrible as war gives an overall negative representation of the riots, thus resulting in a negative representation of youths.
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