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Portrayal of Young People in the media
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Any reports on 'young violence' in the media usually fail to mention that the subjects are 99% of the time chavs in tracksuit bottoms and baseball caps. I've only seen one report (ever!) where the subject's social clique was mentioned, and that was because this guy was a self proclaimed 'goth'. Ironic? I think so.
People read this bull and start thinking all young people are bad. Any CCTV videos ever released of incidents, they are full of addidas stripes and burburrey - But the public fail to notice this because imho, the media works to make the public see what the media wants the public to see.
People are afraid to go out at night because the media gives them reasons to fear the masses rather that the minority. Media is the medium through which the government 'controls' it's people, which lets the politicians grow fat and rich and continue lying because it suits them. The media controls the people through fear. And that fear is unfairly blamed on a majority (young people) rather than a minority (EXAMPLE: chavs).
I don't want to sound like i'm ranting at chavs, i'm just comparing what I have seen in real life to what is on our screens because being looked at with disdain by the general public is not what people my age want, to be honest.
Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this, or if it is just me being biased because of what I experience in the real world. OR If anyone else has any views on the subject and wants to share them.
PS - Any comments directing hate at/steryotyping me or anyone else on this board will be deleted. And that includes calling names like emo/goth/grebo or whatever because of our unbiased views on other social cliques. And no, i'm not emo, i'm a skater - But I love you awesome emo people out there, showing your emotions is nothing to be ashamed of!
People read this bull and start thinking all young people are bad. Any CCTV videos ever released of incidents, they are full of addidas stripes and burburrey - But the public fail to notice this because imho, the media works to make the public see what the media wants the public to see.
People are afraid to go out at night because the media gives them reasons to fear the masses rather that the minority. Media is the medium through which the government 'controls' it's people, which lets the politicians grow fat and rich and continue lying because it suits them. The media controls the people through fear. And that fear is unfairly blamed on a majority (young people) rather than a minority (EXAMPLE: chavs).
I don't want to sound like i'm ranting at chavs, i'm just comparing what I have seen in real life to what is on our screens because being looked at with disdain by the general public is not what people my age want, to be honest.
Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this, or if it is just me being biased because of what I experience in the real world. OR If anyone else has any views on the subject and wants to share them.
PS - Any comments directing hate at/steryotyping me or anyone else on this board will be deleted. And that includes calling names like emo/goth/grebo or whatever because of our unbiased views on other social cliques. And no, i'm not emo, i'm a skater - But I love you awesome emo people out there, showing your emotions is nothing to be ashamed of!
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Sorry, I didn't realise that these boards were now under your control. :rolleyes: Twat.
Nice of you to tell us
When questioned about their concerns in their local area, they are identical of those in the older generation.
Yes, some of them can be gits, but so can older people.
But, to the OP. To think you can come to this board as a noob member and attempt to tell us what will happen if we dare criticise someone based on their clothing, when you yourself have done exactly the same smacks of arrogance, and total ignorance of what we are all like on these boards. If anything won't be tolerated and would result in posts being deleted, it would be ones like yours threatening us all.
Wow, impressive way of making yourself look an utter cock with your first post!
However to point out two obvious things. We decide what comments will be deleted and the original post is almost unacceptable because it's so filled with stereotyping.
Since the OP does seem genuinely interested in the issues, despite the obvious flaw in their position, it's worth leaving it up for now.
I think that as usual, society likes to attack the most vulnerable people, be it minorities, asylum seekers, or young working class people.
That is just my view from my own experience.
Don't call yourself a fucking skater, for God's sake. Where is the need in that??
The reality is completely different from the fiction though, despite most generalisations having a loose basis on some truth.
Comic strips, or comedy.
I have no idea where these stereotypes come from but they really annoy me.