How is collective identity you have studied represented in contemporary media?

Youth are often represented in accordance with popular notions of adolescence:
In harry brown youth are shown drug taking and carrying knifes as form of protection, e.g. both the drug dealer and his associate point a gun at Harry to intimidate him when he is buying the gun.
In London to Brighton Joanne is shown smoking and claims to have sexual experience to gain money from Derek in the cafe.

Youth are often demonised by mass media:
In harry brown youths are shown fighting against riot police and forcing them back with fire bombs making us feel empathy for the policemen. This is followed with a police press conference on the riot. Police will take a zero tolerance on criminals.
In FishTank Mia is shown chasing after the little girl (Keira) through the fields and then eventually pushing her into the river, which causes the audience to turn against Mia.

Youth are let down by adults:
In London to Brighton we hear how Joanne was forced onto the streets by her abusive father after her mother died while talking to Kelly, which makes us empathise with her.
In Hot Fuzz the pub owners allow the under-age youths to drink at their pub even though it was illegal, so that they can bring in more money.
In Harry brown Noel part of a youth gang has obviously been brought up with different norms and values from mainstream society which has led him to commit crime, uncle Sid has brought him up poorly.
In Fish tank Mia has also been brought up poorly by her mother and seems neglected most of the time. Therefore she hasn't got much going for her i.e she does not attend school. She also gets drawn into sex with her mothers boyfriend which is made worse by the fact she is underage.

Youth are represented as part of a subculture:
In Harry Brown members of the antisocial gang are made up of youths and older adults, which is shown when we see them working together to abuse a couple by seperating and intimidating them at the tunnel.
In Hot Fuzz we see how some youths are shown as criminals when they are arrested along with some of the adults later on in the film, showing how they are a small part of a large criminal scoiety.

Alienation- Youths are estranger form part of society:
In Harry Brown youths are shown mostly acting at different times of the day e.g. they often shown very late at night while older citizens are asleep.
In Hot Fuzz during the town meeting, the older members of community are shown to be very opposing to the youner "hoodies".