Representation of Online Teenagers

Throughout this article, the teenager, 17, who was jailed for selling MDMA to a school girl on a camping trip is portrayed to be somewhat dangerous to other students both in and out of school. Groups of teenagers regularly gather at the mountain track in Caerphilly, South Wales, to meet up and camp out. But a court heard the underage teenagers used the trip as an excuse to drink and take drugs. This article creates a biased opinion among most teenagers. Many people now believe that 'all' teenagers are dangerous people, surrounding them with a negative image and they are beginning to be stereotyped for this.

The following photo within this news article shows a teenage boy who is identified to be holding a large gun, portraying him again to be a danger to himself and others. The article goes onto to describe the story of a teenage boy who opened fire in a classroom, shooting an innocent teacher and causing injuries to three other people. Someone reading the article is likley to gain a negative impression of teenagers due to the devastation caused in what is seen to be a 'safe environment'. As well as this, the article goes on further to describe the upset using phrases like 'chaos', 'suffering' and 'killers'. This has created negative connotations which may be linked with the stereotypical perception of teenagers within our society.

Unlike many of the other articles that present teenagers to be somewhat disruptive, loud and a 'threat' to society, this article offers an alternative perception of the younger generation. In the article it explains how friends have raised over £400 for the funeral of the 18-year-old cyclist who died after colliding with a lorry that narrowly missed ploughing into a shop front. Those reading the article may change their perception of teenagers all together and think that they are much kinder and less of a threat to society than they originally did. 

Islamic State was touting on social media for teenage Muslims to carry out an attack on London Bridge a year before the atrocity happened. A two-year investigation has revealed how Jihadis fighting in Syria were trying to recruit impressionable young Muslims in Britain to carry out the attacks. The article demonstrates how society views teens to be vulnerable and therefore easily influenced to carry out some of the most devastating crimes. People may already have an existing perception of teenagers and therefore believe it is easy to manipulate the minds of the younger generation.