i dislike the way in news reports they show us teenagers as if we are criminals and thugs . not all of us are like the boys who want to get kicks by mugging or showing up in front of their friends , and adults dont seem to think that they used to be us and think that adults stereotype us just because our age. Around about 1 in 5 boys have developed a new language called slang and 1 in 7 girls have developed it too. The news always say we wear hoodies because they dislike police and hang around in gangs.My view is that they wear hoodies because they dont like given dirty looks and people crossing the road because they think we are going to mug them for there Shoe's!We have respect for others but no one wants to be judged.
And yes it is true some hang around in gangs thinking they rule the streets and people somtimes feel sorry for these people as if they ALL have family problems, Well its not because they all have family problems, its because they hang around with friends who want to fit in with everyone else and dont realise that everyone else is the people is the people in schools trying to focus and defend themselves from those who think its funny to ruin peoples lives by bullying other for their size,age,religion, or even if there soft and dont like to hurt anyones feelings . Tv never show the good side of kids they always show the frightning part, its like showing the ways of an unssucsessful marrigage, showing the break up without showing the time when they enjoyed being around each other.
Like Ben out of Eastenders , He's supposed to be 14 and yet hes got a violent anger and is gay ... is this how the programme sees us. that our fathers Sleeps around and his mum is no where to be seen.
And jake out of two and a half men, that hes fat and stupid is what they comment on in the programme and how his mother and father spilt up and abusing each other.
Films always show thier reasons why we are like the way we are, its almost if we are small to these people and it is said that telievision started this by showing films of gangs living the life having sports cars and having a very good looking wife but the ending is where the gang dies and the leader of the gang is wounded but still alive to countine you the next film.
In the newspapers,children are stereotyped alot like for example ,
This child has been fighting in a Undisputed fighting cage (UFC) and
Unlike adult contestants, they are not, in theory, allowed to punch, kick, knee or elbow each other during the competitions, but the rules are inevitably broken.In these pictures, nine-year-old Kian MacKinson, who has been cage fighting for nine months, is shown brawling with an eight-year-old, whose father has asked for him to remain anonymous.this child has got all the blame and now people are not going to like him anymore because his lifestyle.this affects all kids now, people are going to be scared of us because the news says kids fight dirty.
If the news , and tv could stop sterotyping maybe we could get along . all of the above are negative and the only way we improve the future of child lives is if we put a age limit on films and keep it a resticted audience.the above signifies that children everywhere are being rasictly stereotype.
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Good work Nick. You clearly discuss the effects of these representations on an audience AND you use a very good amount of media key words. Next time to improve you could try making your examples more detailed. For example when you discuss Ben from Eastenders you could have talked more about specific things he has done (with more photos to illustrate your points) and talk about how he represents teenagers negatively. At the moment you have focussed a little too much on his parents and the parents of the boy from Two and A Half Men, rather than the boys themselves. But altogether very good.
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