Friday 17 January 2014

In what ways do the media texts referenced above create a representation of young people as being a danger to society?


The article above is showing teenagers in a bad way by saying that 75 people were arrested but what they don't say is what they were arrested for because it could be because of something small however the media is making things seem a lot worse than what they probably are. They say that there was a heroine that day called Mrs. Ellen Green a buffet cleaner that was 50. and apparently she routed 200 teenage youths and girls with a mop. This to me shows that if a 50 year old women can sort them out just by using a mop then that means they must not have been that much of a threat. Because if they were a massive threat then she wouldn't have been able to have done what she did. The media is showing that teenagers are bad people and then they are also showing the type of person that you should be like which is Mrs. Ellen Green this is to stand up to the youths that are causing mayhem. 


The image above shows some teenagers throwing some deck chairs, this isn't a bad thing they're are just throwing some chairs around trying to act a lot badder than what they actually are. This isn't the worse crime in the world so I definitely think that the Media are making a bigger issue out of things when a big issue doesn't need to be made at all. This image to me doesn't show that teenagers are a danger to society I think it just shows that these teenagers are immature and they're wanting attention by throwing things that doesn't need to be thrown. 


In this newspaper article and the top newspaper article they keep using the word wild. I think this word that is used is quite interesting because it is showing that they are out of control and they can't be stopped. Whenever I hear the word wild I always think of the jungle and the wild animals that you get that run freely and do whatever they please. the fact that they used this word they are basically referring to them as animals and that they are out of control and they are causing mayhem. So again it is representing teenagers in a bad way because they're saying that they are dangerous because thats what animals that are from the wild are they're dangerous. The word invade as well is a weird word to use because it seems as though they have invaded into a place that they shouldn't have. 

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