Youth Representation

1. Youth are often represented in accordance with popular or hegemonic notions of adolescence - Kevin the teenager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDKF8KkD7rE - Lazy, latch on to trends, rude.
2. Youth are often ‘demonised’ by the mass media. - 

   'Hoodies, louts, scum': how media demonises teenagers - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hoodies-louts-scum-how-media-demonises-teenagers-1643964.html

3. Youth are represented as being let down by adults - Attack the Block -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0gm7dHKKc - The Teenagers have to protect themselves without the aid of adults
4. Youth are represented as part of a subculture - 
5. Alienation – youth are represented as being estranged from parts of society, particularly adult society. -Youth Alienation as an Emerging Pediatric Health Care Issue - http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=515627

1. Youth are product of the society they were born into, and often embody the faults and fears of adult society - ‘Boredom is no excuse’ Bacup yob youths are warned - http://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/local-news/boredom-no-excuse-bacup-yob-9336773 - 'The bad behaviour of these youths is not the by-product of a lack of facilities but a combination of their upbringing, influences and personal choice.'

1. Representations of Youth are often nostalgic and romanticized - Project X (US) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BEIhA8CcY0