Collective Identity

Youth are let down by adults 

'Parents aren't always around to help socialize their children - or even just to show them affection. Compared to other cultures, British kids are less integrated into the adult world and spend more time with peers.'
Britain's Mean Streets, Time Magazine

The film Fishtank for example is a define example that supports this quote. It shows a disfunctional family in british society which essentially represents many of the family lives in Britain today. The relationship between the main character, Mia, and her mother, is not affection but aggressive. Her mum isn't an ideal parental figure and doesn't show many motherly qualities and doesn't priorities her children. Therefore Mia doesn't have a positive influence or a role-model and her character is built on her mother's negative influences and peers who are most likely to be in the same situation.

I think the quote is accurate in that parents play an enormous part in their child's lifestyle and if they don't conform to their role, they are allowing their child to be brought up by society.



Youth are often 'demonised' by the mass media


'The true horrors we fear day to day are not supernatural bogeymen or monsters created by scientists. They're our own youth.
Daily Mail

I think this is an exaggerated view of youth perceived from the images that are given to youth through media texts today. I think it's hard for society to undermine the ideologies of youth and focus on the positive aspects because those as they hyperdemic model states, that's how people absorb media.