One problem that I believe has erupted in the relationship between mass media and society is the idea of "stereotypes" in the teen world through all forms of media, but mostly movies and television shows. Growing up watching Saved By The Bell, Boy Meets World, and now multiple shows with high school students and their high school days it has really painted a picture in my mind of how high school was going to be. As the years continue I have seen these "teen" shows transformed to differ from each other very much, but still seem to be the same. When I was younger shows that showed teens in "the best years of their life" were always showing the athletic boy (quarterback) and cheerleader being the perfect couple while "going steady". All the shows have the cliques that they portray that every high school have. Many of these cliques include the jocks,cheerleaders,band nerds, science geeks, and the rich kids. Now, recently I have been watching the show "The Secret Life of a American Teenager". In this show the roles have reversed and it is not the quarterback and cheerleader who are the main focus, but two "band nerds". The show tells a story of a 15 year old freshman girl who ends up having sex for the first time at band camp and getting pregnant. The problem I see today is the idea of cliques in the teen shows. Cliques began as just groups of people with similar interest and talents, but now television shows are showing that these cliques are far more than just people with a title. Television shows and movies are putting these clique chartacters into certain situations that are adding mainly negative labels to there "stereotype".
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