For my research project I have chosen to investigate how teenagers are represented in the media. I have chose this because I am a teenager myself and i often get annoyed on how teenagers are shown in the media like in films and tv soaps. I want to find out how teenagers are represented in all forms of the media.
Films
Teenagers are negatively stereotyped in many modern day films such as Kidulthood, Adulthood, Shank, Anuvahood, Attack the Block and many more. In the film Kidulthood the main characters Trevor (Aml Ameen) and his girlfriend Alisa (Red Madrell), have a traumatic day taking drugs, drinking alcohol and stealing. Alisa is pregnant and I think this is a bad stereotype of teenage girls because many dont get pregnant.
News
The London Riots is a good example of the representation of teenagers in the news because lots of the coverage of the riots was based around teenagers. This has lead to people forming bad steroetypes of teenagers.
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