To view the whole research document that was published by National Child's Bureau, CLICK HERE
Below I have added a screen shot from the document explaining the purpose of this research project.
I found this very interesting because it is saying that the only people that represent young people in the media is other peoples perception of them. Young people themselves don't represent themselves. So obviously the media is going to pick out all of the bad points of young people because thats what will sell with the audience whereas picking out the good things young people do that won't sell newspaper as much as a bad representation will. I think this is very shocking that Americans think that all young people are 'casually picking up fights, having sex and keeping the emergency services fully occupied' because most young people aren't doing that in fact they are doing the opposite and keeping their head down wanting to do well in life. Especially people from a bad background and they want to turn their lives around.
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