Representation of teenagers in the Daily Mail

Cover 1 - 

This image from a Daily Mail cover condones to the audience that teens are not responsible enough to handle such situations an that it is a big deal. As well as some of the teens in the photo having their faces blurred as if they are criminals even though the two shown look happy. They represent these teens as irresponsible with having such a job which is most-likely reinforced by other opinions that the Daily Mail has of teens though stereotypes. This cover shows that the Daily Mail has a negative view on teenagers through emphasis on 'life an death' in bold to show that it is ridiculous that people have allowed teens to answer such calls. These attitudes are not fair as the Daily Mail strongly stereotypes teens with reoccurring stories of negative behaviour, making them out to be criminals so all teens are stereotyped in the same way by the audience. The audience would mainly consist of adults and some elderly who are not shocked but drawn in by these news stories as they may already have a stereotyped opinion due to other headlines which are not as surprising. This audience is most likely to read these news stories as they are interested in what is happening in the world.

Cover 2 -

This cover represents teenagers in a negative light, associating them with violence, destruction and gangs which makes them seem as horrible people.This makes viewers have a stereotypical idea that teens are all in gangs and are violent, making the occurrence exaggerated as much as possible. They are yet again represented in a negative viewpoint as the title is from a first person perspective making it seem like the same could happen to the readers themselves to make them want to buy it. The graphic detail in the description reinforces the idea that teens are horrid which makes readers have a stereotypical negative view of them. This attitude is unfair as it possesses a single sided point of view which is biased, over-hating on teenagers. From this I can see that these negative ideas connotate the overall stereotypes that are made of teens.

Cover 3 -

This cover from the Daily Mail illustrates that teenagers are killing themselves in a negative tone that implies that they are doing it for attention through the word 'another' which implies that this has happened on multiple occasions in these news stories and that they are becoming tired of the same boring news. They are trying to justify that the suicides are linked to a 'internet cult' in which, shows that they story is not sympathetic for the teens taking their lives but more for drama into a conspiracy mystery theory.  The choice of wording in the title: 'hangs herself' is very sharp and unsympathetic in a tone that would show how the newspaper does not care for these deaths, stating it as if it is a normal thing to do. The teens shown are represented as careless and stupid for doing such things as it seems that they are more of an irritation than something to sympathise with. This attitude is shown to be unfair as stereotypes of teens killing themselves as well as being associated with the internet make it even more stereotyped. The audience are most likely to be adults who are intrigued by these headlines and want to read on to the conspiracy to find out what actually happened, which makes them buy the paper, in which, the Daily Mail then gets money from.