Media messaging often presents youth cultures unrealistically (Hough & Roberts, 2004). Adults may therefore perceive youth culture as dangerous or criminal even when statistics may show otherwise. Mixed messages are given to individual's within society that youth is perfection and also deviant. The Goth youth culture was influenced and supported by media which in turn helped it continue (Hodkinson, 2007). A media -hype in the 1960's pitted youth cultures against each other in showing negative images of fights between mods and bikers (Mcdonald-Walker, 2000). Young Bikers were particularly presented in a negative manner, however biker groups on The Wirral, North West England give presents to children with terminal illnesses every year (www.claire-house.org.uk),
