media
... Newspapers, radio stations, and Television networks all depict youths as out of control, rebellious time bombs I believe that the media today is too harsh on youth culture. ... From the media’s perspective the youths of today are reckless, impatient and irresponsible. ... The media seems to be deliberately trying to find fault in today’s youth for one sole reason - to magnify how they have not lived up to the general expectation. ... The media should be playing a big role in helping to correct this situation by using their influence, sources and knowledge. ... So instead of pointing fingers at them and their wrong doings, the media should be attempting to comprehend this difficult situation and sympathize with the teenagers caught up in this. It is not the highly romanticized life that the media makes it out to be. ... The media shapes the way in which we behave. ... The media has to accept some of the blame for a sub-culture that is defined by how rebellious you are. ... They are simply following the media’s and their elder’s pre-conceived view of how they should act.