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Cara Hannis Student Number - 1209639 Critically Assess Media Representations of Youth Crime. Youth culture is a twentieth century phenomenon that has had repercussions in so many aspects of life. It has allowed us to define a rite of passage that all must experience. However, the connotations that the term holds are rarely positive, youth are perceived to be confused and dangerous. Therefore, the question arises; what single entity is largely to blame for such misrepresentation. The answer to this question lies in an unavoidable part of life, the media. 'Media' and 'youth' are very hard to define as they are always changing and becoming something different. The dictionary defines 'media' as a "means of communicating information" (the new choice English dictionary). This includes a range of sources, for example, television, radio, newspapers, advertisements and the Internet are the most obvious of media devices. 'Youth' is defined as "the period between childhood and adulthood" (the...

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