UK Riots 2011 article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024486/UK-RIOTS-2011-British-youths-unpleasant-violent-world.html

This article represents the British Youth in a negative way, this is because the article only refers to the London riots back in 2011, which only a small number of the british youth took part in. the writer uses phrases such as 'not well-educated rioters' which is very biased as not all the rioters and youth are uneducated. Also the writer has is a retired man, therefore doesn't know how the British youth are now, therefore just implies that if one youth acts up then they are all going to act up in the same way. he then goes on to saying 'the most unpleasant and violent in the world' even though he was no evidence or statistics to back is opinions up. In my opinion, the media only focuses on the things that will make a headline, these are usually the negative headline as they know they will sell. therefore if a youth does something good then it won't get written about because the British youth stereotype is 'knife-weildering children' just like what the article states.

what is collective identity

collective identity is the shared sense of belonging to a group. It is conceptualised as individuals’ identifications of, identifications with, or attachment to certain groups.

there are many groups of identity, these include:

mainstream:

• townies
• chavs
• fan girls
• chavers
• boy racers
• sports junkies

leading edge

• creatives
• indie scenesters
• tumblr kids
• hipsters
• DIYers

urban

• stylers
• get paid crew
• trackies

alternative

• nerds
• real gamers
• hardcore
• emos
• scene kids
• young alts
• skaters

aspirant

• trendies 
• rahs
• new casuals

The Youth Culture - The past and the present

In the past the media has described the youth as being disobedient, negative and ill-mannered. This could be because they were, however not the present media have changed slightly about the youth, however are still very similar to the past. The media now describe the youth as being dominating and horrible. Although a lot of the opinions are roughly the same from the past and the present's media, the present's media now accept their behaviour as the majority of the youth are all stereotyped as the same and act in a sheepish way by copying everyone else to get noticed and act up to their stereotyped group, just like in the London Riots in 2011.  

Definitions

representation - the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so   represented.
                       - the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way.
                       - it is about the selection (tv only shows certain clips), the relationship (between people, groups, places or events in the world. between whats showed on the TV and on reality) and the process (by which the representation is made)

ideology - a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
               - the science of ideas; the study of their own origin and nature.

hegemony - the way people in power dominate others and stay in power.
                  - the leadership or dominance, specially by one especially by one state or social group ovr others.