The term teenager was given to those in between the year of 12 and 19 and made them an easy target for the media to exploit. The media put the stereotype on youth as being rebellious and being the source of social disorder. It was during the 50's that the first teen-aged youths started to stand out as a distinct group with interests, fashions, musical tastes and economic power of their own. For the first time, young people had both the money and the freedom to express themselves and what they wanted. The entertainment industry realised that there was now a whole new market that wanted to be represented with their own films and their own music. Teenage rebellion began in the 50’s due to the increased levels of freedom and independence. It is also around this time that the media began to show teenagers to be rebellious, destructive people. Before and during the war you were either a child or an adult, there was no stage in between. The media was produced by white middle aged men. Medhursts theory "They are awful because they are not like us" is applicable to the media in the 50's as the middle aged men would attempt to mock the youth of the day by depicting them as being rebellious and social deviants.

During the 60's Youth was targeted and labelled as being social deviants and were generally looked down upon in society because of they "disruptive traits". There were three distinct subcultures during this time, Mods, Rockers and the Hippies. The invention of contraception revolutionised the 60's, any woman at the time could get a contraceptive pill, breaking the stereotype of getting married before sex and settling down with a family. The introduction of the contraceptive pill is a good representation of Stanley Halls theory of 1904 which in part stated that youth are constantly thinking about sex. Films in the 60's also portrayed Youth as troublesome and rather negatively, an example of this is the Beatles film, A Hard Day's Night made in 1964 by Richard Lester, throughout the film the Beatles are depicted as being quite devious and troublesome. In one part they also try to chat up some girls on the train another representation of Stanley Halls theory as youth thinking about sex. "Don't take that tone with me young man, I fought the war for your kind" A quote from the film from an old man directed at the 4 boys, an example of Medhursts "Awful because they are not like us" theory. Osgerby 1998 and Hedbridge's 1988 theories would also apply to this film as there is a dual stereotype depending on your perspective, on one hand youth is depicted as trouble whereas on the other hand youth is depicted as fun. The Newspaper also followed in portraying youth as trouble. "Wild Ones invade seaside, 97 arrests" and "Wild Ones "beat up" Margate, 47 arrests". Media was being seen by a wider audience at this time due to the introduction of the television, it can be argued that the reason youth was seen as rebellious during the 60's is because more people simply paid more attention to the media. The middle aged white men who controlled the media created the stereotype by using the media to depict the youth as social deviants and nothing more.

During the 90’s fashion changed dramatically from the 80’s, fashion was mainly influenced by popular music at the time. Bands like Nirvana were categorised into the grunge genre and many people not only enjoyed the music but also the clothes, this included ripped jeans and checked shirts. Trainspotting 1996 by Danny Boyle is a movie that follows a group of men and their involvement with drugs, for its time the movie was very explicit in terms of what was shown on screen such as nudity and the use of drugs was depicted very thoroughly. It made the audience feel very uncomfortable which beneficially acted as free press for the movie; possibly explaining it’s success. The movie very much glamorised the lifestyle that it portrayed using music that was new and cool at the time of it’s release. Poll tax riots, Margaret Thatcher, Kurt Cobain’s death, mobile phones and Internet.

Throughout the 00's youth was portrayed very negatively through newpapers and films, however the introduction of social network sites made it possible for youth to portray themselved in a more realistic and true way by what they wrote/uploaded.The term teenager was given to those in between the year of 12 and 19 and made them an easy target for the media to exploit. The media put the stereotype on youth as being rebellious and being the source of social disorder. It was during the 50's that the first teen-aged youths started to stand out as a distinct group with interests, fashions, musical tastes and economic power of their own. For the first time, young people had both the money and the freedom to express themselves and what they wanted. The entertainment industry realised that there was now a whole new market that wanted to be represented with their own films and their own music. Teenage rebellion began in the 50’s due to the increased levels of freedom and independence. It is also around this time that the media began to show teenagers to be rebellious, destructive people. Before and during the war you were either a child or an adult, there was no stage in between. The media was produced by white middle aged men. Medhursts theory "They are awful because they are not like us" is applicable to the media in the 50's as the middle aged men would attempt to mock the youth of the day by depicting them as being rebellious and social deviants.

During the 60's Youth was targeted and labelled as being social deviants and were generally looked down upon in society because of they "disruptive traits". There were three distinct subcultures during this time, Mods, Rockers and the Hippies. The invention of contraception revolutionised the 60's, any woman at the time could get a contraceptive pill, breaking the stereotype of getting married before sex and settling down with a family. The introduction of the contraceptive pill is a good representation of Stanley Halls theory of 1904 which in part stated that youth are constantly thinking about sex. Films in the 60's also portrayed Youth as troublesome and rather negatively, an example of this is the Beatles film, A Hard Day's Night made in 1964 by Richard Lester, throughout the film the Beatles are depicted as being quite devious and troublesome. In one part they also try to chat up some girls on the train another representation of Stanley Halls theory as youth thinking about sex. "Don't take that tone with me young man, I fought the war for your kind" A quote from the film from an old man directed at the 4 boys, an example of Medhursts "Awful because they are not like us" theory. Osgerby 1998 and Hedbridge's 1988 theories would also apply to this film as there is a dual stereotype depending on your perspective, on one hand youth is depicted as trouble whereas on the other hand youth is depicted as fun. The Newspaper also followed in portraying youth as trouble. "Wild Ones invade seaside, 97 arrests" and "Wild Ones "beat up" Margate, 47 arrests". Media was being seen by a wider audience at this time due to the introduction of the television, it can be argued that the reason youth was seen as rebellious during the 60's is because more people simply paid more attention to the media. The middle aged white men who controlled the media created the stereotype by using the media to depict the youth as social deviants and nothing more.

During the 90’s fashion changed dramatically from the 80’s, fashion was mainly influenced by popular music at the time. Bands like Nirvana were categorised into the grunge genre and many people not only enjoyed the music but also the clothes, this included ripped jeans and checked shirts. Trainspotting 1996 by Danny Boyle is a movie that follows a group of men and their involvement with drugs, for its time the movie was very explicit in terms of what was shown on screen such as nudity and the use of drugs was depicted very thoroughly. It made the audience feel very uncomfortable which beneficially acted as free press for the movie; possibly explaining it’s success. The movie very much glamorised the lifestyle that it portrayed using music that was new and cool at the time of it’s release. Poll tax riots, Margaret Thatcher, Kurt Cobain’s death, mobile phones and Internet.

Throughout the 00's youth was portrayed very negatively through newpapers and films, however the introduction of social network sites made it possible for youth to portray themselved in a more realistic and true way by what they wrote/uploaded.