Two of the four articles stereotypically portrayed youth in a negative light. The central theme was storm and stress, predominantly, risk-taking and conflict with parents with the contributing factors being alcohol and a lack of parental guidance. The first article assumed that ‘all’ youths drink heavily and behave indecently. It described youth as constantly been both drunk and reckless relating to the theme of risk-taking. The article thoroughly detailed the name and quantity of alcohol present at the party, for example: “box of RTDs, and a bottle of bourbon and a mixer”. It further detailed the ‘stupidity’ of the youths for being encouraged to cross the gap between the buildings. The article also recommended that more knowledge was needed about high-rise building, the implied suggestion was targeted specifically at youths. Overall the articles use of negative connotations, such as: “drunk teen’s death” and “heavily drinking” portrayed youths in a negative view.
For the second article, the young teens were portrayed in a surprisingly neutral light. There were no remarks on the attitudes of the young teens nor did the article use negative undertones to describe the youths. This is likely due to the age (the majority …show more content…
There were no words insinuating he was a ‘bad’ youth, but it did somewhat unnecessarily detail how the 16-yr old lied to his grandfather of his whereabouts. The theme of ‘conflict with parents’ was prevalent in the quote, “Michael, who texted his grandfather and asked to stay at the Secret Level” (youth centre). Additionally, the article detailed the amount of alcohol consumed, similarly in article one, as being the contributor to the youths death. Also, it rather ‘blamed’ the 30-year-old for his death as he supplied the under-aged youth with the alcohol. To conclude, the article primarily kept the article neutral perhaps out of respect but naturally added the dominant cause of death as
For the second article, the young teens were portrayed in a surprisingly neutral light. There were no remarks on the attitudes of the young teens nor did the article use negative undertones to describe the youths. This is likely due to the age (the majority …show more content…
There were no words insinuating he was a ‘bad’ youth, but it did somewhat unnecessarily detail how the 16-yr old lied to his grandfather of his whereabouts. The theme of ‘conflict with parents’ was prevalent in the quote, “Michael, who texted his grandfather and asked to stay at the Secret Level” (youth centre). Additionally, the article detailed the amount of alcohol consumed, similarly in article one, as being the contributor to the youths death. Also, it rather ‘blamed’ the 30-year-old for his death as he supplied the under-aged youth with the alcohol. To conclude, the article primarily kept the article neutral perhaps out of respect but naturally added the dominant cause of death as