Blog Deux

My thoughts of Teens in the Media





I think teens are portrayed in the media so what we see is how we act. They want us to wear the trends the teens are wearing so we have to buy the clothes, the hats, or whatever else there wearing. This is how the media advertises for there mechandise, and how we fall into the trap of there impulse buying. If we see a sweet skater kid on MTV, i'd be all like, woah! i want that skateboard, those trucks, those wheels, that shirt, those pants, that hat, those socks, and so on and so forth. Then i would ask my mom to give me her credit card like those cool kids on that one show, and max it out for her. That how i would look at it if i was going to be a teen from the media, if i was a follower. In movies teens are portrayed differently, like the movie Superbad, there is that very nerdy kid that gets the fake ID and calls himself McLovin. Then there was that fat kid with the huge fro, that tried to get laid at that party, and that other kind of nervous guy that was smarter then all of them. If i looked at these teens, i can probably put faces of my friends on some of them, because i know people that act like that. Teens in the media are how teens today are suppose to be like, because thats where they get there ideas from. If we watched shows with teens that were from the 70's of something like that, then i probably wouldn't watch it as much, because i dont dress or act 70's like. Although i am a big fan of "That 70's Show" because it's just right funny, but i'm just saying what if all the shows were like that. Perhaps the only way this could be the case is if i dressed and acted like a 70's child, then it would be ace.



Teens in today media are portrayed accurately, like but too accurately. If you watch shows like The OC, or The Hills, those kids are super rich, and that lifestyle is how you want live. This is a negative portrayal because this is the life you would wish to live but know you can't because its way out of your league, unless you were born into a family like that. If you watch any other shows, like shows on fox, or something then teens there are portrayed accurately.