What Are The Stereotypes Of Teenagers In The Media Essay

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Teenagers in the media: Response to article ‘Young people’ we hear about them a lot in the media. Either portrayed as anti-social yobs (a word used to describe teens as rude, noisy or aggressive) that all smoke, drink and do things that they should not be doing. Or else they are portrayed as victimised young people who are the future of the world that we live in. Both are true to some extent, but which is more correct? The New Research article tries its best to make teenagers look bad; however this isn’t always the case. Many teens are under much pressure for the studies, because the stereotype is putting them down by saying that they’re stupid and do not know anything. This isn’t moving them at all;it’s doing the complete opposite. The media is scaring them and stressing them out too much, to the point where they give up and do not care anymore. However the media also bashes the teens even when they try their best and succeed, when they pass theirexams it means the exams are getting easier or they have cheated, whereas why the fail that means they are lazy and did not bother …show more content…

That’s horrible and a serious problem, because many teenagers only get recognised when they die, which is unfair, because all this horrible press coverage is damaging for teenagers, creating a negative stereotype that all young people are mad, gang-members, who spend their weekend drinking and doing drugs. This is not the reality, we need to open our eyes and see what’s happening to teenagers these days. We are getting labelled as ‘feral’ people, a word that resembles wild animals! The media is comparing us to animals which should be kept away from humans and society. This idea is

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