Media
casts youth in a constant bad light
Matt Wells, October 2004
“The media habitually portrays young
people in an overwhelmingly negative light”
“one in three youth-related articles
were about crime, and young people were only quoted in 8% of stories.”
“The tabloids come in for particular
criticism, with 90% of youth workers saying they portray a negative image.”
"polarised view”.
“The quality papers were mostly
concerned with parenting and education, and were generally more neutral, but
still contained "biases and stereotypes," Mori said.”
“32% of stories featuring young
people were related to crime or antisocial behaviour. But Home Office figures
show that 196 out of 10,000 boys aged 10 to 15 in England and Wales committed
violent theft and or other serious offences, rising only to 606 out of 10,000
young men aged 16 to 24”
"How press sees youngNewspaper articles about youths, by newspaper type and tone
Tabloid - Broadsheet - Local
Negative 82 - 50 - 71
Neutral 8 - 36 - 9
Positive 11 - 15 - 20
% of 603 articles in 17 titles August 2 to 8 2004"
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