Sunday 14 April 2013

Age Representation


When looking at the different representations of age, the common stereotype of 'cute' is both seen in the television drama series of Coronation Street with the character, Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) and in Eastenders, Tiffany Butcher (Masie Smith) The common stereotype of cute is usually portrayed with young children, witnessing them as innocent before they hit the adolescent stage of which then the media gives them a bad representation.






When looking at victims of horrendous crimes, these are usually seen to be females due to the more dominant strength of the male gender. This has been seen in the television soap, Coronation Street (top left) where the female character was a victim of rape. Story lines like these are included within television dramas, aimed to relate to news headlines and also possibly help victims of such crimes. In opposition, the image below from the television drama of Hollyoaks, contrasts against this usual stereotype but instead headlines another. In this case, the victim of this horrendous crime is male although, this stereotypes hooded youths and gang members.






In the young children's series drama, 'Tracy Beaker', the main character shows the age representation of 'Little devils'.  Here, a young girl that the audience would automatically assume to be cute, turns the tables by causing mischief and turning out to be instead, a 'litltle devil'. The media represents childhood in this way to show that not all children are stereotyped in one, single way.