Representation of Teenagers in the Online Mail

Representation of Teenagers in the Online Mail

This picture shows a teenage with a bottle of alcohol in a position of discomfort, passed out drunk. This shows the audience the irresponsible nature of this teenager, which was made to, within the context of the article, represent all teenagers. This representation of teenagers shows the stereotyped nature of teens within media, seen in all types of media (i.e. Films, TV, News, Video Games, etc.). Throughout the article there is the use of proper language to describe how areas of the Brain thins. The language overall is actually much more advanced than predicted. However,  they are still extremely accessible.

This pictures shows a teenager being giving drugs by a person in a hoodie who is black which is possibly a stereotype of black people seen through out media. This shows the audience first of all that only people who dress in chavvy clothes are the only people who will buy and sell drugs. This representation of teenagers shows the stereotypes of race and different social and economic background. Throughout this article is a professional standpoint on the problem of drugs in school, which is strange.

This picture shows a picture known as a meme, discussing the random nature of a GCSE question. The audience reading this would think that all teens share this opinion and that the teens that believe this are self entitled and should get over themselves, however, this representation of teens was made to force the opinion that teens never take anything seriously and that the use of the meme almost is not just for the current topic of discussion. However, memes are a way to communicate issues through comedy, which has been used by the government during world war one, so this is biased and only guards the opinions  of adults by using this to mock teenagers. The language throughout the article is actually quite derogatory towards the teens and takes a changes perspective on the previous articles, taking a much more passive aggressive approach, being quite biased.

This picture shows a young teenager asleep on his laptop, showing the idea that the teen fell asleep whilst using his laptop. This shows the audience the over dependence teens have on technology and makes the audience stereotype all teens as this. This representation of teens shows the over dependence of technology in our modern era. The language used in this article is once again very simple, but they take a serious approach on the subject. However, this is almost completely trumped by the headings used, creating an immature view on the subject. 

This picture shows four teenager on their phones, possibly friends, sitting together but not socializing in person. This shows the audience the anti-social ways that teens have these days. This representation of teenagers show the how social media is actually anti social from most perspective. The language throughout this article is fair and balanced, for the idea presented. However, it does bash the teenagers a bit too much and stereotypes all teenagers.



Overall, the representation of teenagers in the Online Mail is, surprisingly, balanced. However, the titles with all of the articles, also the headings, are very broad and, to use internet terminology, click baity, which is to increase traffic to the website, this however objectively makes the whole article worse from a teens perspective and any young persons perspective.