What Other People are Saying About Teens in Commercials

1. "What's wrong with this picture? This generation of kids is growing up in what is perhaps the most materialistic society we have ever had. They are surrounded by images of excess and the idea that buying “things” will bring them satisfaction. They are given things easily and rarely have to delay gratification. Worst of all, many of the things that are advertised to teens do not promote healthy development." http://youthdevelopment.suite101.com/article.cfm/advertising_to_teens
2. Historically young people have fallen into distinct but dependent categories: youth-as-fun and youth-as-trouble. One might ask why any of this is pertinent to the study of television. However in the 1950's consumer boom, youth-as-fun became a major advertising strategy. Once advertisers identified teenagers as a valuable consumer, more and more positive images of youth became evident on TV. Photography of youth has been historically produced out of ideological interests, constructed by new markets in an attempt to gain financial resources young people had gained access to. Even still today it is amazing to view how television views and portrays youth for the benefit of making a sale. Youth-as-trouble have been seen in most aspects of the factual media such as the nightly news. These shows have the major impact of building images, which in turn are taken as examples of how young working- class people generally behave. This leads to an ideological regime of images, which serve to naturalize the media construction of youth-as-trouble (51). http://www.wowessays.com/dbase/ac3/ena166.shtml
3. Definition of "No Homo" in Urban Dictionary Phrase used after one inadvertently says something that sounds gay.
   "His ass is mine. No homo." http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=no%20homo
4. comparing network tv on "gay friendliness ratings" FOX, of course, an epic fail
5. The current teen image and the image of teens in past media representation leaves us with a lot to hope and wish for...and a whole lot to analyze. But what about teenagers who are not exposed to media literacy classes? These teenagers are combated with images of the "typical cool teen" and the only way to fit this mold is to spend spend spend, and diet diet diet. This has serious effects on teenagers especially girls who feel peer pressured to fit in. Susan Douglas described the media as a "sexual super peer" for young girls, telling them how to fit in, what to wear, what to buy, and how to get the guy. The sexualization of girls has been linked by many different researchers to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and suicide, in females as well as males. And although sex is rampant on every television station only 14% of shows with sexual content make any reference to the risks and responsibilities that come with the sexual territory. This article written by 2 teenagers tells of the pitfalls of the teen image in media http://www.frankwbaker.com/teenmedia.htm.