Helga Silva

Hispanic teens are often protrayed as dropouts, hip-hoppers who live in unsafe neighborhoods where violence threatens their daily lives. Or they are shown as ethnic-centric youths disconected from the mainstream

Gordon Peppars

Everywhere you stop, look and listen, it's apparent that the offspring of the babyboomer generation is nothing more than a zillion screaming me-me's consumed with the instant gratification served up by the YouTube, Facebook and Sidekick fare financed by their parent's disposable income.

Tracy

As the parent of a 14 year old, I am concerned about how teens are viewed by today's media. Everywhere you turn, you see images of our youth being portrayed as out of control and reckless. Are these images harmful to today's youth? Can negative images cause our youth to act out? We need more positive reinforcement to help keep our children on track.

Fellows 2007

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Charles Cammack

In positive media stories/dramss teens are sensitive, caring and learning the ways of the hard cold world. In sitcoms they are know it all wonder kids who are smarter than their clueless, fathers and dedicated to their all wise moms. In ads they are wonder consumers who can buy whatever is the next great thing.

Teri Arvesu

Teens are portrayed on our air most often as witnesses to certain events that take place at a school. It's usually a tragic event. They are often seen as having a limited opinion on the event itself and are not normally targeted for popular opinion because of the parental permission needed.

Topics soley targeting teens are rarely a part of our newscast, however one example does come to mind.

This is the story that aired on our competition:
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I wonder if this how they actually would want to be portrayed?

This is the original music video:

Don't Believe The Hype- By J.Wolfe

Teens are often stereotyped by appearance and dress as being involved in negative activity. Thus, the dress itself brings on a negative response. As times change, so do the fads and fashions. Although we may not be able to relate to the styles of the day, we should keep in mind, in many ways today's youth are not so different than past generations. They just want to have fun growing up!