Age : representations

Age is represented through many media such as TV news, films and the list goes on but in this i am going to look at certain ages that are stereotyped in a good and bad light and the three main ages i have chosen are going to be my examples of representation of age. My first example is going to be of  teenagers (15-18) the example im using for this is going to use the series "Skins".My second is going to be of  elderly people and for this i am going to use the character of jack from "father Ted"

 My first example of the representation of age is the series called "Skins" this series represents a specific age and that is 16-18 (teenagers) this shows the typical  behavior and stereotype of teenagers  it also shows that people of this age may be seen as destructive and maybe more worried about there social life than any thing else this is evident in this TV series.

In this series there are multiple representations of the stereotypical teenager but for this i am going to pick one character out of this series to represent the typical age of a teenager and for this i have chosen the character "Tony Stonem" . I have chosen this character as he is the typical representation of a teenage boy this is evident through his cocky character traits and the way he goes through life. this series shows the bad stereotype of how teenager are and how they are depicted. This represents people at this age as being destructive and self centered this is also evident through various other characters in this series.

My second example of how age is represented is seen through the use of the character  Jack from the TV series "Father Ted"  in this series the elderly character of jack is represented as a drunk and deluded character this is evident through the use of his character only being able to say certain words and through the use of him only able to understand certain actions . This depicts elderly people as being unable to function and also that the are unable to stay stable unless they are indulging in something and in the case of the character jack he is unable to face reality so he drinks.