Youth representation

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUUjxEB-5A

My first representation of youth is going to be the music video linked above. This style of music tends to be associated with 'gangs' and 'violence' throughout the uk showing young people as matching the stereotype that the media shows. This is due to the mise-en-scene for example the use of 'gang signs' or even the fact that some people are wearing balaclavas which shows them as being dangerous.

Normal stereotypes of youths are: 

• Violent
• Lazy
• Drug Addicts
• Drug dealers

All these stereotypes are supported in this music video, due to the use of language, miss-en-scene and the way they are dressed aswell as they tend to be in full black and covering their identities which creates the idea of secrecy and dangerous people. 

However even though most of these types of music videos do show these young people as matching the stereotypes most of these kids tend to do what they are doing to actually escape it. Due to the lack of resources in socitey like youth centres.

2. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UnE1oycdU9U/maxresdefault.jpg

This second link is an image that also shows youths as being: 

• Violent
• Secret
• drug addicts / dealers