Madigan Hughes06/02/2014

Representation & Youth – What does it mean?

1.2. Finding out information, sharing our thoughts, opinions and ideas, finding out our style

and/or personality. Knowledge on athletes and other well known personalities.3. Selections & Reinforcement4. Representation is just as much about how its audience interprets its information as it is

about portrayal of what we are shown.5. We must consider why some institutions are presenting what they are to us.6. The main problem with addressing young people is that the youth market is continuously

changing, as well as because youth involvement in mass media is less than the average.7.8.9. There is a gender divide that stops youth from engaging in similar Medias. As well as this the

media typically focuses its aim on adults as their target audience. When they do represent youth they with normally show them in a negative way.

10. Stereotypical11. American films (e.g. American Pie) will typically portray teenagers as sex obsessed, whereas

some will represent teenagers as sensible and sympathetic in discussing teenage issues such as relationships. Comparing this to British films (e.g. Kidulthood) that show teenagers as more mature characters.

12. The Vampire Diaries, Smallville and 90210 – because all their characters are in the teenage age range, so the teenage audience will feel like they can associate with the characters that they can see.

13. No, because the main characters that we see in every episode are all adults, and the issues and daily tasks they face are that that are faced by adults in real life. Therefore teenagers may not feel like they can relate to the characters and want to watch.

14. Because everybody has access to any genre of music they enjoy through the media, so everybody has the choice to have their own style, or to follow others that also enjoy the same music as them.