Digital+Representations

Representation of Adolescence in Media

Adolescence around the world are influenced by media. Media comes in many forms; television, Magazines such as 'Dolly' and 'Ralph', radio, internet websites and many other resources.

I was just viewing the Ralph website where it had all these pictures of models in bikinis and had the 'perfect' body makes teenager girls feel insecure about the way that they look if they don't look like these skanky models. This can also be the case for teenage boys if they do not have the perfectly muscled body or 'perfect' sun tan they may also feel insecure about their appearance. Some more factors include
 * Tattoos are cool and rebellious
 * Girls need to always be in small revealing bikinis to be sexually attractive
 * obscure and painful earrings need to be worn to appear attractive
 * Tight and uncomfortable clothing are a nessecity for being attractive
 * Girls are slutty and should only care about the way they look
 * Girls aren't equal people but more of a comodity