How youths are represented

through different media

platforms

Brief of one minute

Over the last years the

news has represented

youths as violent and

irrational groups of young

people who go around

causing trouble on the

streets of London.

EXT. Central London. Mid-

Day

Last year 63% of the news

press was based on

negative perceptions of

young people. Is the media

taking it a step to far?

(Cuts to police woman

interview on London riots)

2min Brief

How has the news distorted

the image of young people

when discussing the London

riots?

(Cuts to interview- Miss

Rayner)

(Cuts to police woman on

riots)

(Statistics)

The term gang has now been

applied to describe any

group of youths. Is this,

a fair generalisation of

youths?

The negative coverage of

youths on the news has

influenced a significant

amount of the British

public to look down on

young adolescents

(Cuts to interview with

Miss John Charles)