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    intended to study the relationship between MTV’s series “Teen Mom” reality show and teenagers’ unrealistic beliefs about what is like to be a teen mom. The seven motivations for asking “why” are used to convince the audience that it is worthy of research by exploring the relationship with the intentions to discredit the previous findings that state, “Teen Mom” and “16 and Pregnant” is one of the best public service campaign to prevent teen pregnancy. This topic presents a number of complications

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    percent of girls have purchased an item as a result of an ad in a teen magazine and 63 percent trust magazine ads.” As a result girls become convinced that they require particular fashions to belong in a society that emphasizes materialism. Moreover, most of the fashion, diet and lifestyle advice is directed toward being desirable to men. Magazines stress sexuality as a central identity, minimizing all other attributes. The girls reading teen magazines begin to digest and trust the message that they are

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    Generic Conventions of Teen Movies in the 1955 Film Rebel Without a Cause 'Rebel without a cause' was the first ever film to be targeted at the newly established Teenage audience and caused the creation 'Teen Movie' genre because of its incredible success. The creators of Rebel without a cause saw that there was enormous potential for the teen audience as they had never been targeted before and they had money to spend on entertainment as they had no outgoings at all. The

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    AMERICAN TEEN: A documentary filled with scripted spontaneity and a slight insight to reality explores the stereotypical lives of five high-school seniors. Kaylee O’Dwyer talks about the truth behind this popular film, “American Teen.” 'American Teen,' directed by Nanette Burstein, is a documentary film set in a small town in Indiana. The film follows the lives of five high-school teenagers through their final year of high-school in a way that hasn’t been perceived since ‘The Breakfast Club’.

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    adulthood, is one of the most critically important and talked about moments in a person’s life. That’s why ‘bildungsroman’ novels have their own section in Barnes and Nobles and why teen movies are still one of the most popular genres: because the transition into adulthood is fascinating. And yet, most acclaimed teen movies get it wrong. From John Bender’s borderline rape-y advances towards Claire in The Breakfast Club and still getting to kiss the girl to (insert another example), most films that

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    Along with this excitement, however, came skeptics. As the culture of science fiction and intergalactic worlds grew in popularity, the fear of new technology superseding mankind was also bubbling up. The overall fear in the 1960s involved man creating Artificial intelligence to the point where it is too great and mankind becomes subservient to the machine it created. This technophobia had overflowed from the 1950s into the 1960s, in regards to fears of nuclear weapons and radiation. As Artificial

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    sexuality. Sex is everywhere. Our movies, television shows, and music continually promote sex. In recent years there has been a significantly huge increase in teen birth rates in the United States. Shows such as MTV's "Teen Mom" support this idea that it is the norm to have sex when you're a teenager. In your article "When Your Teen Wants to Have Sex in Your Home" published 15 Sept. 2014, many statements were made that promote the idea of teen sex. The author applies the same sense that "my teen is going

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    Diana Gil Bueno March 1st, 2016 English 110 Beauty vs Brains In the last 100 years since the woman’s suffrage movement took off, the United States has made tremendous changes toward gender equality. In that time, this country has gone from fighting for women’s right to vote to having a female candidate being a frontrunner in the race for the White House. Although women have made great strides in trying to attain equal and fair treatment, women are sadly still valued more for their appearance rather

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    A sixteen year old girl poses for the camera, wearing a shirt that resembles something more akin to a bra than to an actual shirt. She is lying prostrate upon the floor with the photographer snapping pictures above her scantily-clad form. The girl's name is Britney Spears. She has just recorded her first hit single, named "Hit Me Baby One More Time". As Britney's veneer of a bubblegum pop princess fades, she has resorted to shedding more and more layers of clothing in order to attract

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    Siân Davies In this essay I will hope to analyse the semiotic codes of the front covers of teenage magazines to demonstrate how the media constructs the image and behavioural ideology of the teenage girl. I will analyse issue 359 of More! (December 27 th 2001 - January 8th 2002) and compare it with the January 2002 edition of 19. I have chosen these specific texts as they are popular mainstream magazines that are available in most newsagents, and therefore arguably represent to the reader what

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