Views on Teenagers

Newspapers: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26230410

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11095416/Teenagers-defy-the-stereotype-that-they-are-boozing-fornicating-drug-taking-layabouts.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hoodies-louts-scum-how-media-demonises-teenagers-1643964.html

- negative view into a positive on.


http://www.folkestoneherald.co.uk/Youths-slammed-playing-football-Folkestone-war/story-28683730-detail/story.html
- Slammed

http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/07/boy-11-guilty-of-murdering-girl-who-wouldnt-let-him-play-with-her-puppy-5667087/
- 11 years old

http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/06/this-girl-just-landed-a-major-modelling-contract-but-shes-only-10-5665753/
- 10 years old modelling

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-34916/One-adolescents-criminal.html-
statistics

- Stereotypical and negative representations

Films:

St Trinians

The representation of youth is mainly negative. However, this seems to have been influenced by the adult’s behaviour, seemingly putting the point across that the youth’s haven’t been taught any better, and therefore, their actions are accountable for. This negative image is put across in many different ways. To begin with, the film is set in a boarding school. The school in general is put across to be a negative location, where instead of learning things that should be in the curriculum, they learn how to make vodka in science, drawing naked people in art, and learning how to cop your way off as a thief in French. And its not just the pupils that are bad, the teachers are influential in their actions, for example, drinking alcohol, smoking and instead of telling a student to stop dangling another student over the stairs, the head teacher tell her to tuck her shirt in, forcing her to drop the student over the banister to do so. It also covers the subcultures within the school as it shows each character fitting into a group expect from Annabelle. (chavs, posh totties, nerds, emos and first years) This both supports the stereotypes of teenagers as they are all out of control whilst giving an alternative message of that the older characters that represent the rest of society aren't helping or teaching them to be different. 

The Inbetweeners

 The film shows the four boys at what should be the peak of their adolesence - where they've finally finished college and will depart for a booze-fueled fortnight where they will surely come of age and show there masculinity. Despite there flaws, especially the culmination of Simon's  emotional chase of Carly and subsequent rejection.  The holiday spells the end of an era as they depart 'Rudge Park Sixth Form' and leave for one last trip before going there separate ways. Relationships between the four do become fractured at points in the film, the notable fall out was between Simon and Jay - with it came the hilarity of the failed fight scene. However, they all had one mutual goal was to lose their virginity - despite Neil's  desperate attempts with some of the more 'mature' tourists, it came as a surprise that there unconventional styles landed them potential suitors. Jetting off without there parents allowed the boys to develop alter-ego's this is something Jay embraced fully as he immediately tried hitting on reps even though he was knocked back time and time again. Lastly, it wouldn't be a lads holiday without alcohol and the holiday lived up to expectations as we follow the boys on a 'party boat' as well as bar crawls. 

Here the media are showing youths as focused on sex as well as being disrespectful to there elders. It also shows that alcohol and parties are the purpose of teenagers in a comical way that subtly mediates the thoughts of society. 

TV shows:

Bad Education

The typical roles of older and young people are almost completely reversed which is where most of the shows humour comes from. The students in the show are clearly much more comfortable with themselves and stable minded than the teachers. For example, at one point we see a student slap Alfie, the teacher, and tell him to "Snap out of it", this is obviously not a typical relationship that a student and a teacher have which is what makes the scene humorous. The students all wear bland, conventional looking uniforms as is typical of English high schools, to establish that the kids are all working/middle class. However railing against the conformity of their uniforms, other aspects of their appearances are dramatically different from each other to help showcase the stereotypes that they portray, for example Jing's glasses and pony tail establish her as the typical nerd, Stephen's voice and extrovert nature establish him as the gay stereotype. Overall, this programme supports and opposes the views of teenagers in society though the characterisation. Through the diverse range of characters it also humorously attempts to change the stereotypes of each of them. 

- Stereotypical and negative representations