Representation

  So, this blog post is about a issue that I would want to represent in one of my upcoming projects. The issue i'm willing to focus on is how teens are being portrayed in the media. I oppose it and see it as a unrealistic source of who teens are in society today. Teens are often represented in a bad light, being portrayed as lazy and disobedient young adults that only care towards themselves. The media pushes this viewpoint to be able to express what it believes teens do and how they express themselves. From my viewpoint, I oppose on what the media displays and is nothing like what is being told and viewed.
   There are many media aspects that depicts the images of teens. For example, one media show would be 16 And Pregnant. This show displays and gives viewers the image that teens are sexually active at young ages and are being active not protectively. Another example would be Glee, a show that represents how teens want to maintain and have a good social life rather than anything else. These representations don't show what teens actually go through or focus on. I believe that the media blows up on the negative side of what teens do rather than seeing the positive aspects of a teen. Teen live's doesn't always consist of drugs and intercourse, but since the media depicts this image, everyone else sees teens as reckless young adults.
     With this type of representation, the media does not allow teens to show who they truly are. These shows and films characterize teens very negatively but don't go into detail about what teens actually struggle with. These viewpoints don't give teens a fair chance to speak about themselves. This is a point in life that teens take advantage to and realize the responsibilities and changes into adulthood. High school students (mostly juniors and seniors) are preparing for their future and advanced education rather than drugs and social life etc. Media represents teens in stereotypes that are unrealistic rather than showing the more correct image of a teen.