Portral of teens in the Media

My thought on the portrayal of teens in the media that that they dont protray us well. Sure, there are many types of teens, but the media only uses the extreme teen. Like, ones that are obsessed with drug or are sex driven. They don't use the average teen, becuase the 'average' teen is boring. So the media wants to portray a new 'average' teen where the teen is either super happy or the opposite. Which is some teens, there are some that are ahppy most of the time and would just burst out in song and there are the depressed one, ones that love drugs and are driven by sex. But no show actually portrays the majority of teens well.

When I use the word 'normal' teen, it is meaning the average teen. Sure, the average teen does go through phases where they are what the media is because they want to be 'cool' and they don't want to stand out and be diffferent. They just want to follow some celebraty and dress like them, which is where revealing clothing come into play. Like Brittany Spears and (soon to be) Miley Cyrus.

For Miley, kids still want to be like her even when she is trying to get an older audience, but the kids don't know this and still try to dress like her because she was once a singer for kids and not so much teens. People like this push media to go further and more extreme to keep teens entertained.

I don't think that the media is an actual portrayal. Its more from an adults point of few on teens, and not what teens really are. They see us as the media see's us, and don't pay attention to what we really are.

I believe that it is a negative portrayal, but somewhat positive. It's negative because it makes us what adults dont like. Most parents dont want their kids to do drugs or have sex alot before marrage, but when the media tells teens that that is 'cool' they follow it, even if their parents dont like it and then adults loose respect and don't trust us like they did in the past, because the media has changed society. But it can be sorta positive, but mainly only with Disney shows/movies. Where everything is happy and turns out better than before in the end, because it is for kids. And even though Disney doesn't portray us well either, its more positive cause they have to be nicer to kids, where non kids shows/movies can to, well, whatever they want.

Some examples of and happy show where everything turns out better than before is 'Camp Rock'. Even though this is one of my favourite movies, in the end everything is better than it was before the problem. Mitchie lies about who she is, and when everyone finds out, its not so good. But once Tess tells everyone, sure, everythign is bad for a bit, but in the end she still gets the guys and everyone likes her again. But in real life, that wouldn't happen. Life doesn't always have a happy ending.
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Another example of the opposite of Disney are those spring break specials on Much or MTV. It shows teens being crazy and everything, which some of us are, but not everyone. Some people don't do what the teens on spring break, adults take shows that that and apply it to every teen, if they know them or not.

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And lastly, a show that does portray teens sort of well is the show/movie 'Fame'. It tells a story about a bunch of people going to an arts school and going through problem there, and they are real life problems. Like boyfriends, parents telling you what to be when you get older and telling you what you can and can't do and teachers telling their students the awful truth. Like when the principal of the arts school tells Kevin about his dancing and does try to commit suicide. That is something that could happen.

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xoxo, Cheller

The Media

I believe media is very important in my life. I believe this because music is my life. It gets me through the good and bad times I am having. I'm also gonna be an actress one day, and without media, that would be impossible because movies and TV are forms of media.

The types of media that I feel most passionate about and are most important in my life are film, TV and and music. They are most important because I love movies and TV and watching how they are made because I want to be an actor and so watching them help me know more about what it takes to make a movie. I love music because I love singing and it helps me get through everything. When I listen to music it helps me with stuff. If I'm sad, listening to certian songs will make me happy again. I'f I'm mad, music, again, makes me happy:)

I love our modern pop culture. The new technologym that helps us comunicate with friends and family and even people we don't know, is better than before. We can talk to each other instantally and even webcam and talk to the person like they're actually sitting right infront of you. There are not many things that I don't like about pop culture. Some gossip that i read is a little over the top and does get annoying to me, but I can live with it. I perfer real facts over gossip though. I'd rather know the truth than think I know the truth because of gossip. But I still like it if it involves my favourite stars. Then I alwayds real gossip cause I care about the people its about.

I feel most passionate about music. Without music the would would be different. Even movies would change because music is what makes the emotion in scenes. Some of my favourite music artists are the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato and Honor Society. I love these people because their music is real. They write about what everyone is, or can be going through. Some of their songs that mean the most to me are the Jonas Brothers 'Black Keys' and 'A Little Bit Longer' , Demi Lovato's 'Gift of a Friend' , and Honor Societys 'Two Rebels'. These mean alot to me because of what they mean and what the song tells you.
'Black Keys' --written by Nick Jonas--was orginally written about the black keys on the piano, but soon changed. It is now about how the world is better when you don't try to ruin it all with colour. Keeping the world black and white is simple and adding colour just makes the world complicated.
'A Little Bit Longer' --also written by Nick Jonas--is about his Type 1 diabeties. He was diagnotced in 2005, and sometimes has days where he feels low, like one of the lines in the song 'you don't know what it's like to feel so low'. But this song can be used in for any diseses or any bad time your going through, not just diabetes, even though it was orginally written about diabetes. Another one of the lyrics is 'You don't know what you got till its gone'. This means that once someting in your life is gone, you sometimes only then realize how much it really ment to you or how much you needed it. So you need charish everything in your life and don't take anything for granted because if it ever leaves you, it will be harder to get on in life or live without it.
Another song that means alot to me is 'Gift of a Friend' by Demi Lovato. This song is about friendship. Saying that friendship is something you earn. You can't just take friendship because true friendship is from the heart and nothing else. That friendship is a gift and not something you can buy.
The last song that means a lot to me is Honor Society's 'Two Rebels'. This song is pretty simple. It's basically saying that you can be who you wanna be. Don't listen or follow what everying else is doing or telling you to do. Be a rebel and be your own person.

Honor Society;

Demi Lovato;

Jonas Brothers;

Nick's 'A Little Bit Longer' Speech (2009 Toronto Concert)
Please click on the following link to watch his speech...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7BEADBTTo0

xoxo, Cheller