Media Studies:stereotypes Stereotypes within Ages-Ageism:

Prejudice or discrimination against someone on the grounds of a person’s age.

The Main groups of Ageism: Young Adults

(teenagers) Elderly Young Children

Media Studies: stereotypes

Young Adults (Teenagers) Permanently connected to social

media and their phones- seem to be rude due to this.

All young adults are ‘moody’ and have bad tempers.

The clothes young adults were are deemed ‘inappropriate’ or too revealing in some cases.

All young adults are rebellious and out-of-control

‘Hoodies’ are all aggressive and want to ‘mug’ adults and cause problems

Older generations think younger generations are worse: “In my day you couldn’t act like that!”

Media Studies:stereotypes The Elderly

The elderly are very sweet and kind or bitter, rude and difficult to be around- no in-between

They’re all frail and weak and need assistance with everything/Sickness and disability immediately come as soon as you become old

People are seen as elderly from 60 onwards

Most elderly people are put into institutes or retirement homes very quickly and are then abruptly forgotten about by their families

Perceived to be the ones with a lot of money

Media Studies: stereotypes

Young Children: All young children are

permanently crying They are incapable of

entertaining themselves All young children are ‘bratty’

and spoilt- hence why they can’t behave themselves

All young children now, will only play games on technology and not with toys or go outside

They’re reckless with no care or thought of consequence.

Naïve