Example: Skins | Teenagers growing up and maturing
2. Youth are demonised by mass media
Example: Media slaughtering Youth in newspapers
3. Youth are represented as being let down by adults
Example: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Will's father leaving him for the second time in his life
4. Youth are represented as part of a sub culture
Example: 21 Jump Street | Arrival at school where Jenko and Schmidt segment students into certain groups e.g. Nerds, Goths
5. Alienation; Youth are represented as being estranged from parts of society, particularly adult society.
Example: Misfits | Young people having to do community service and being away from adult society
6. Youth are product of the society they were born into, and often embody the faults and fears of adult society.
Example: Kidulthood | Main character Trife participating in illegal activities at the order of his Uncle
7. Representations of UK Youth are often nostalgic and romanticized.
Example: Batman Begins | Bruce's life as a young child is shown before his adulthood
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