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Adolescence is represented through the media in many ways which include:
 * TV shows
 * ads
 * magazines
 * movies

some exaples of these are shaving ads, tampon/pads ads, skins, zoo, ralph and fhm magazines, puberty blues.

Ralph

Ralph magazine is a magazine with female modeling. It is specifically made for men. It stars with women modeling half nood. ralph ahs a consant release so that new magazines come out olmost monthly. these magazines (including others such as zoo and fhm) are full of advertisements.Magazines like these are aimed at ages from roughly 16+ but kids from all ages buy these magazines.ralph and other magazines like these have gotwriting and stories but that is not the main part of these magazines,it is the pictures that they are bought for. In these magazines all the girls have a perfect body. This can be frightning for girls if they see this because they might think that this is how you have to look to be 'hot'.

ads

Ads become a big part of making teens scared of puberty. Tere are ads such as shaving ads, pad or tampon ads, dont drink and drive ads. Some ads like the dont drink and drive ads are pritty gorry.

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Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald portray the teenages as they are seen on TV and the News. Like on most TV shows, the kids are addicted to sex, drinking and everything else that teenagers are accused.

The Sydney Morning Herald says that millions of Australian's have a drink before the age of 14 which in most cases is true. They interviewed 687 people and asked them when they had their first drink/sip of alcoho. 10% of them anwered before/at the age of 10. Another 20% answered that they had a drink or sip between the age of 11 and 14. 68.5% said that never knew that the health and medical research council had released new gluidelines, that it best to kept from drinking alcoho till you are over the age of 18.

But in a Bristish survey they say it is may be good to have an occasional drink of alcoho when you are growing up. It states that it may be protecting you from acholo damage, sexual danger and violence. it seems to suggest that the parents that gave their kids a glass of wine, while supervised are teaching kids to control their drinking. Also when drinking around family it is safer. THE THE ARTICLE-[]

If 1 teenager does something wrong the whole teenage popultion (Australia) has to pay for it, because the media(Sydney Morning Herald) will over react and turn it into something it is not. For example, the fact that every teenager is a dangerous driver and that every teenager drinks underage(bottles of beer) are just myths, and the media have taken it and said every teenager drinks before the age of 18 and drives dangerously.