Katie Tallis - BTEC Media

moral panic - a feeling of fear that is spread among a large number of people that some evil threatens the wellbeing of society.  ( when a media source shows an idea over and over again that people see it so much and start to believe it) there is a stereotypical representation of young people within the media. this idea is portrayed in so many different ways, like drug use, gangs, teenage pregnancy, violence, etc, and adults see all of this and create a negative view of teenagers in their minds, although not every single teenager is like this. the reason this happens is because adults do not know teenagers personally unless they have teenage children, thus they believe the media (especially newspapers) when they write articles about how bad teenagers are.  in the newspaper, the title says 'ice hits schools' - meaning adults will read this and think meth will be in every school ever. 

uses the stereotypical view of teenage pregnancy - relates to the fact that they were risky/reckless/not using protection - relates to their lifestyle (in relation to spending money, driving recklessly, etc) means people can't trust them? however the fact that teenage pregnancy happens could be the fact that adults do not give enough knowledge or give enough support - means that theres not easy access to protection that teenagers can get without the help of adults - not good enough education about sex in schools/colleges  adults view teenage pregnancy as a bad thing as they don't believe they are capable of taking care of a baby as well as themselves - they see it as the teenager is ruining their own life (although this could be true, a lot of young mums have done extremely well and have both focused on themselves, their children and their lives with help and support from family and friends) - it's those who do not get the help and support that they then...

teenagers are either represented as trouble or fun this uses the idea of teenagers being fun and lively as companies have realised that teenagers have their own money to spend on things - if companies portray teenagers in a positive way, they'll want to buy their products and thus this magazine this magazine is targeted mostly at teenage girls - covers the stereotypical representations of girls in the articles; beauty, lifestyle, celebrity endorsement to make people want to buy it, relationships, 'dream prom looks' etc. vogue is a classy and respectable fashion magazine - having 'teenvogue' links in with the fact that it'll be the  best fashion, make-up and advice - makes people want to buy it more rather than just a normal teenager magazine - people will trust it more