Critical investigation Task #5

Introduction (200 words)

• Introduce the general overall perspective, lay out primary, secondary texts and historical texts
• General focus on the negative way that young people were presented during the coverage of the EU referendum
• If not negative there was little to no representation of young people in the media at all
• British Youth Council work with the EU referendum
• Vast difference in the way that the Leave and Remain parties were viewed in the media
•  Remain, was younger
•  Leave, was older
• Specifically talk about what "media coverage"; newspaper/TV/digital media?

2016; annus horribilis. Depression has been at an all-time high. Bowie, Prince, Muhammad Ali; the deaths of these prominent figures left the world in mourning. Yet some, to this day argue, that nothing was worse than the death of democracy on the 23rd of June, 2016. For on this day, the United Kingdom, once an empire of the past, chose to listen to the blatant lies of dirty politicians and the fear mongering of smear campaigns. After the dust had settled, it became clear that the huge driving force of the Remain campaign was the 73% of 18-24 year old. Yet how was the youthful population represented during the campaign? This essay will be focusing on the way that young people were presented as part of the coverage for the EU referendum and exploring the media's influence on political engagement.