Representation of young and old people stereotypes

Young people are stereotyped as many things in many different media forms. One example of this is a a character form a a TV show named Pretty Little Liars. Ashley Benson's character named Hanna Marin is a typical teenage girl. She goes shoplifting with her friend and steals a lot of makeup which she wears all of the time. She is obsessed with fashion and handbags. She also keeps a lot of secrets within her friend group which is something that young people are often stereotyped to do. She seems to be very fond of social media and texting her friends too.

Also, politicians are stereotyped as typical old people. Most old people are statistically old people and statically middle class but the common basis for all politicians is now that they are all old and middle class. Of course, this means that they are directly portrayed to all be right-wing and evil too. This is not the case. The guy on the left is actually right-wing and evil, but he is younger than the guy on the right who is a massive lefty who appeals to most young people.

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Representation in moving-image media

Representation in moving-image media There are many different forms of representation in the media. These can be biased, offensive or stereotypical. There are also many platforms in which these representations can be held within. These include trailers, TV shows and films. These platforms also have their own websites or places that they can be found. For example, trailers and other short clips can be find on one of the most popular websites in the world-YouTube. Youtube is the home of millions of videos and everyone can post them on there. One of the best examples of media on YouTube which represents different things in a certain way are trailers. Sometimes, these show different genders, social classes or races in an unfair way. For example, Bruce Willis faced a lot of accusations for his trailer for his movie 'Death Wish' being racist. With the power of social media, these accusations spread around very quickly and these thing become massive talking points. Similarly,

Representation in print media

Representation Print based media has a great influence on people’s opinions and views of the different aspects of our society. It can give people biased and negative attitudes towards certain people or groups, as well as positive attitudes to people or things that may not necessarily deserve it. Newspapers, posters, magazines and newsletters can all change people’s opinions and shape the world we live in to their liking. Many would say that they do this for their own figures and their own money income. For example, The Sun previously printed topless ladies on every page 3 of their daily tabloid. These girls were undoubtedly beautiful, which then caused younger girls and even easily influenced women to want to ‘be like them’ in a sense. This obviously lead to them buying products and putting more money into the cash flow. These weren’t the only people that were targeted by this segment, however. Of course, a lot of men liked this and it would have become somewhat of an obsessio

Barnardos: The Row advert

In this advert, there are many techniques used to make the the advert more effective. For example, it opens with a mid-shot of the child and there is screaming in the background. There is non-digetic music in the background which makes the mood seem depressing. It is also very informing as the information for the charity is on the screen at the end in a clear form.

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