Teenagers in the media

I think teenagers are misrepresented in the media. In the media teenagers are always represented as coming from some kind of group of clique as in nerds, preps, goths, when really if you look around the schools here there is not a lot of that at all. I think teenagers are more willing to be friends with people that don’t necessarily look or act like them than the movies or TV make them out to be.

I don’t think the people who make the movies, TV shows, etc. aren’t doing enough research into the teenage life, or they are and they just think that this kind of portrayal of teenagers is good entertainment.

Another thing that I always see in the movies and TV about teenagers is that all teenagers are sarcastic and extremely rude to all adults and figures of authority. When really, a lot of teenagers are really nice to anyone.

I think because of the way that teenagers are represented in the media, people have a very unrealistic view about teenagers, the way they act and the way they live their lives. I really think that this is an unfair representation of teenagers.