1. How youths are represented
through different media
platforms
Brief of one minute
Over the last years the
news has represented
youths as violent and
irrational groups of young
people who go around
causing trouble on the
streets of London.

2. EXT. Central London. Mid-
Day
Last year 63% of the news
press was based on
negative perceptions of
young people. Is the media
taking it a step to far?
(Cuts to police woman
interview on London riots)

3. 2min Brief
How has the news distorted
the image of young people
when discussing the London
riots?
(Cuts to interview- Miss
Rayner)
(Cuts to police woman on
riots)
(Statistics)

4. The term gang has now been
applied to describe any
group of youths. Is this,
a fair generalisation of
youths?
The negative coverage of
youths on the news has
influenced a significant
amount of the British
public to look down on
young adolescents
(Cuts to interview with
Miss John Charles)