Many of our opinions on age are influenced by the media and the way young people treat the elderly and vice versa are caused by the medias input.W
hat is a stereotypical Teenager?
Unsocialable
Hormones all over the place
Modern
Moody
Arguementative
Lazy
Dependant (on Parents)
Gangs
Rude
Drugs/Smoking
Outgoing
Crime Envolvement
Hypersexual
Immature
Violent
Teenage Pregnancies
Sub Groups
Chav/Emo/Goth/Townies/Geeks/Grebs
A lot of the list is negative as views on the young society today are because of medias interpretation and representation, therefore this is a reason why the old may be terrified of the youth.
Ultimately, the youths are an easy target for the media to use because they cannot really speak up for themselves without fulfilling the stereotypes (being rude and disrespectful for example).
What is a stereotypical Elderly Person?
- Grumpy
- Back in my day...
- Wide Knowledge
- Traditional
- Racist
- Lonely
- Dependant
- Moaning
- smelly
- innocent
- deaf/hunched back
