TEEN MAIL

Representations of teenagers in the mail
'Teenagers' pea-sized brains'- Mail Online
This article initially features negative phrases relating to teenagers such as: 'everyone knows teenagers are impossible' which portrays ALL teens in a general category, in a negative light however, as the article continues it expands on these negative terms and excuses a lot of negative teenage behaviour due to physiology of teens' brains.

However this article is also controversial as it does refer to teens using negative language yet also excuses it for the reasons previously mentioned. For example it says that teens are 'lazy slobs' however it claims that the reason behind this is that 'it is a brain thing'. So overall it represents teens negatively but excuses this behaviour.

Teenagers are going to school high on DRUGS or on a comedown, worrying report shows

This report presents teens acting with illegal behaviours. It again is a negative depiction of what teens do, as mentioned in the headline. Instead of focusing on positive teen students that attend education it focuses on unlawfully acting teens who take drugs. For example it highlights '20% of young people have taken illegal drugs.' This statistic seems unrealistic, as firstly it uses a general address of 'young people' it doesn't verify the age range so this could be a large or a small group of people. Also it doesn't identify the area in which the statistic is taken so it could be globally or locally e.g. to a school ect. Lastly the statistic number of '20%' is a round number which makes it seem even more so unrealistic. Personally I think this article is based on artificial 'facts' and is bias towards presenting teens negatively.

(Photo from the article)

This photo illustrates a black faceless person (could be male or female) selling drugs to a white male. this in itself is a stereotypical depiction of how drugs are sold. illustrating a black person as a criminal. this stereotype is often exploited in the media, for example local newspapers often present people of colour as criminals as opposed to victims. it also stereotypes the person who appears to be buying the drugs who is a male as this associates a male with the crime over a female this could also be suggestive of what 'type' of people buy drugs.

Teens who were filmed racing up to 100mph in two stolen cars before a fiery smash killed three had a whopping 126 arrests between them, police reveal

This article again identifies teens doing illegal activities. the headline is striking and focuses on the crimes that have been commited- the cars being stolen. but as you read on it reveals 3 young teens (Keontae Brown, 16, Jimmie Goshey, 14, and Dejarae Thomas, 16) dying. I think this is shocking as the headline highlights the criminal aspect of the scenario and fails to prominently feature young people dying. 

Here in this picture is one of the teens that were arrested. I think he's presented as a regular teen as he is taking a 'selfie' as a regular teen would.

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