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Representation in music videos - Age

AGE in music videos - 

















In music videos now days you tend to see younger generations in the performance music videos and only the other generation are shown if they have been in the industry for a while and are solely famous. 

However in music videos that have/show narrative they tend to use a much more broad age range, ranging from babies to very old as they help show/tell a story where as the narrative people usually watch to see the artist perform, the artist is usually young and an up to date artist.

Most ages used in music videos are stereotyped for the people are of their certain stereotype. There can be different types for example -

-Stereotypical younger generation

-Counter stereotypical youth

-Stereotype of the older generation

-Counter stereotypical older generation


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