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Representation of the Youth in the News Student’s Name Institution Date Abstract For a long time, media has played a major role in shaping the opinions and perceptions of the public. In fact, 90% of the world population is affected either negatively or positively by the information they obtain from the media (McCombs, 2013). In this regard, most of the newspapers and media material have associated the youth with immorality, crime and accidents. In essence, the media has, for a long time, negatively portrayed the youth (McCombs, 2013). As such, most studies in this area have focused on examining and confirming the portrayal of the youth by the media and most have come up to support the negative portrayal of the youth by the media. However, these researches have based their conclusions on the data collected over a short period of time. In this regard, this report seeks to present data collected over a long period of time (50 years) by focusing on how the youth have been portrayed by The New York Times between 1953 and 2003. The paper seeks to overcome the negative conclusions that have been based on data obtained over a short period by emphasizing on the data collected from 1953 to 2003. REPRESENTATION OF THE YOUTH IN THE NEWS Introduction The conception of ‘media representation’ refers to the manner in which different groups are portrayed by the media (Bessant, & Hil, 1997). The media is frequently accused of spreading stories about youth and crime. Particularly, the media and the sensationalist press time and again appear continually preoccupied with the view that every young person is a threat to his or her community (Levinsen & Wien,
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