Writing about your research findings.

Analyse how reality is constructed: Representation of Teenagers in the media.

Task: You are going to write up your findings in your book. There are questions here to help you structure your answer. Remember, you must write in paragraphs and discuss whether stereotypes are frequently used.

Introduction: Explain a definition of stereotypes and why they are used by the media (you can refer to TV Drama as your examples). Comment on how frequently teenagers are stereotyped in TV Dramas and why you think this group is often stereotyped in soaps and TV Dramas at all.

 Paragraph one: Find an example of a TV Drama aimed at audiences with older viewers. How often are stereotypes used to portray teenagers? Why do older people believe these stereotypes to be true?

 Paragraph two: Find an example of a TV Drama aimed at younger audiences. How often are stereotypes used to portray the teenage characters that you enjoy watching? Why do you think stereotypes are used less frequently? You can comment on counter stereotypes (where a character behaves very differently to how they are stereotyped). 

 Conclusion: Discuss how realistic you think TV Dramas are and why characters need to feel realistic to the audience. Think how characters must be realistic if they are targeted at teenage audiences.

 Finished? Think deeper about stereotypes and audience appeal.
Look at these articles about how stereotypes only work if the target audience is not the group being stereotyped.
Teens in Soaps

 Look at this article about the decline in numbers of young people watching television at all.
Young audience viewing habits
Consider: How might this change how teenagers are being represented in the future on television programmes. Where are young people looking to find themselves represented in a more realistic or fair way?

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