Teenagers in the news

Many people are quick to stereotype teenagers, usually in a negative light, and the media is likely to have influenced this, thanks to news coverage and things such as TV programmes and films. For example, people feel more threatened by a teenager if they're wearing something like a hoodie, however it literally could just be a case of it being cold hence the hoodie.

Stereotyped as troublemakers;

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9532019/Teenager-stabbed-to-death-after-Facebook-party-is-gatecrashed.html

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/burnley/9919597.Burnley_teenagers_banned_from_estate_for_two_years/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2194644/Cannabis-innocent-drug-Teenage-addicts-risk-significant-brain-damage.html?openGraphAuthor=%2Fdebate%2Fcolumnists%2Fcolumnist-1071910%2FDr-Robert-Lefever.html&videoPlayerURL=http%3A%2F%2Fc.brightcove.com%2Fservices%2Fviewer%2Ffederated_f9%3FisVid%3D1%26isUI%3D1%26publisherID%3D1418450360%26playerID%3D72484359001%26domain%3Dembed%26videoId%3D&hasBCVideo=true&BCVideoID=1810168951001

 

Shown as more caring;

http://www.itv.com/news/2012-09-10/boy-17-killed-as-facebook-gatecrashers-storm-house-party/

http://oakton.patch.com/articles/teenagers-give-back-to-fairfax-county#photo-11283297