Front pages about Teenagers

Front pages about Teenagers

 This front page talks about how many British teens are going to join IS by running away from home. This front cover suggests that the girls are going to IS thinking they will have a better life, yet they will most likely just be married off to IS fighters. This may make the viewer of the front page believe that these girls are stupid as the headline "THE SCHOOLGIRL JIHADI BRIDES" makes them sound silly as the are not old enough to be getting married. Also they didn't blur the faces of the girls which is very disrespectful, and can be seen as ruining those girls lives if they returned to Britain.
The Guardian- The Guardian uses more serious phrases in their front pages, and this is an example of when the news is taken seriously, and does not at first seem to be obviously biased. This front page does not have an opion behind it but talks about a clear fact. It also does not make the teens sound silly or childish as the headline is fact instead of a statement.

The Daily Mail- This headline could be seen as quite stereotypical as many adults have the view that teens are badly behaved in England and how teens elsewhere are better behaved. This may come from the fact that more teens commit crimes now days yet the view could be seen as outdated as many of the younger generation feel that they are misunderstood.  

The Guardian- This front page is suggesting that Ed Miliband wanted to prepare teenagers for work whilst they are at school. This offers a way for teenagers to improve, instead of just leaving them to continue being bad behaved. Because The Guardian is more liberal, they are open to new ideas, whilst The Daily Mail is more right wing so they are very much stuck with old ideas rather than coming up with solutions.

This front page could be taken in two different ways, as it could be praising the teens for the work that they do, yet it could also be seen as presenting them as incompetent. The writer of this front page may be worried that the teens could do the job badly and put lives in danger, however the teens are smiling in the photo used so the article is most likely praising them for their amazing work.
The Guardian- Teens and responsibility
The Guardian- This article depicts that teens are not being given opportunities to learn responsibility. There is however again statistics being given in this article so there is not as much room open to biased opinions as there are in the Daily Mails article. This means that the Guardian cannot include stereotypes of teens as it would be too blatant, whilst the Daily Mail could put stereotypes /biased opinions in their article without much recognition.

Daily Mail- This again is a story that shows teenagers in a positive light as it says that teens are running a flu hotline. This could be helpful for people who have the flu, but also for the reputation of teenagers in Britain. The stereotype of teens in the UK is that they are all criminals and are up to no good. This front page shows that teens actually help people when they are vulnerable.
The Guardian- teen mental health and sleep deprivation
The Guardian- In comparison to the daily mail's article, the Guardian's article offered a clear and non-biased fact filled report. This meant that the representation of teens was not bad, but also not good, as it was saying that being on your phone at night could affect your mental health, yet it wasn't blaming teens like the Daily mail would have done.


The word "idol" in this front page shows that there are stereotypes that most teenagers look up to celebrities like Justin Bieber, even when they are not idols in any way. Also this front page says that the incident was 'drug fuelled' which may make readers believe that if teens look up to people like this then we must all take drugs too. This is a bad stereotype as all teens are seen to be irresponsible and drug addicts because someone who those teens might look up to does do/ is those things.
The Guardian- Teens and Drugs
The Guardian- This article uses statistics rather than portraying stereotypes as the Daily mail did. Because of this it does not seem that the Guardian are saying that all teens are drug addicts as the statistics show that they aren't. This is different to the Daily Mail however as there are no facts about percentages of teens who take drugs, whilst the Guardian does supply those.