She then brings up the issue of unnerving newspaper headlines such as “Bloodlust Video Games Put Kids in the Crosshairs” (205). Sternheimer feels not enough emphasis has been given to other issues such as “social rejection and depression” (206). She also brings our attention to information on statistical evidence. Sternheimer believed it to be “controversial” and feels it “exclude[s] a host of other factors” (207). Sternheimer feels it is these other over looked factors that are truly the cause of “young killers” (210).
In the late 1980s the NSW government introduced a cognate package of young offenders’ legislation including the introduction of doli incapax and the Children’s Court. Coinciding with this massive reform was the introduction of the independent body, The Youth Justice Coalition. Before the turn of the new millennium, the Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW) was introduced with a second period of reform, including the launch of the NSW Youth Drug and Alcohol Court in 2000. However in recent times, political pressure has led to a ‘tough on crime’ stance by the NSW Police Force. As this has occurred, non-legal responses such as rehabilitation and advocacy services have attempted to achieve justice while legal responses lag behind.
Analytic Response to “Does Watching Sex on Television Influence Teens' Sexual Activity?” Rebecca L. Collins wrote an article titled “Does Watching Sex on Television Influence Teens’ Sexual Activity?” in the book “Pediatrics.” In this article, she examined two recent studies to let us know how watching sex on television affects teens’ sexual activity. The main argument of the article is, “Does television influence teens’ sexual activity or not?” Collins’ argument shows that watching sexual television influences teens’ sexual activity, and this influence can lead to both bad and good consequences. She also gave suggestions on how we could reduce teens’ problems when it comes to the relationship between watching sex on television and teens’ sexual activity. Collins’ claim is that “expose[r] to television sex may hasten the initiation of sexual activity among teens”; this is an example of a way the influence is bad (543). On the other hand, television can “inform teens about risks and foster communication with parents”, which is a good influence on teens (544).
The particular news piece portrays teenagers in a negative method by the use of language and structural features. Higgins has written her article in a criticising way in order for the readers to perceive all teens as destructive and out of control. The language features that have been included in the article are, negative emotive language, intensifiers and exaggeration. Whereas, the structural features that were used include the use of bolding specific information and the general order of the information. Due to these factors the article ‘Party crawl turns ugly’ by Kate Higgins, which was published in the Townsville Bulletin is a bias
Language Analysis – Yossi Balbin In Recent years there has been an increase in the number of teenagers getting body piercings. In the opinion article “Scrap metal faces can be dangerous”, published in the Herald and Weekly Times, Psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg voices his opinion on the issue. In an authoritative tone, Carr-Gregg contends that the body piercing is a form of risk taking behaviour that may lead to other dangerous behaviours and therefore parents should be required to provide consent for children under eighteen wanting a body piercing. In his article, Psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg asserts his sense of authority by using a generalisation. He states “Experiences suggest that most Australian teenagers take risks.” By using an authoritative tone, Carr-Gregg reassures the reader that the evidence is credible and he influences the reader to respond positively and agree with his expert opinion.
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This documentary uses a range of generic conventions to position the audience to see Sam as a rebellious, mean teenager. This reinforces the traditional representations of contemporary society. The opening scene of ‘Educating Essex’ reinforces the traditional ways of thinking about teenagers through the generic conventions of a documentary. The opening scene has loud rock music which is the type of music associated with rebellious teenagers. The selective footage helps to show the bad behavior of all the kids picking fights, disobeying teachers, punching walls and not behaving.
In significant part this reads as a tendentious attack on recent Supreme Court jurisprudence. One particularly unfair portion of it is devoted to a discussion of the 2001 LAWRENCE decision which struck down a Texas law (and similar laws in other states) criminalizing private, consensual homosexual conduct between adults. Nagel’s discussion does not even address the Court’s argument that this law presented an unconscionable coercive intrusion by the state into the most intimate of relationships or Justice O’Connor’s argument that it had a severely disproportionate impact on a small and insular portion of the population (gays and lesbians). Instead, and quite erroneously, the law is presented as having been about “protect[ing] . .
According to Kate Hendricks, MD, Zogby International’s 2004 Survey on Parental Opinions shows that 44% of parents said that “teaching teens to abstain from sexual activity is more important than teaching teens to use condoms when having sex”, and almost 90% agreed that sex education programs should teach young people that abstinence from sexual intercourse is the best choice for teens. And according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, in a survey of 1,000 adults and 1,000 teens, that 94% of adults and 92% of teens believed that society should give teens a strong abstinence
In this definition, the words suggestive images and messages can be open to so many interpretations that it may not generate the accurate information the researchers hope to achieve. They highlighted that the current phenomenon should be of concern to parents, healthcare professionals, educators, and law enforcement; since, there are negative consequences associated with sexting. In addition, the researchers mentioned that, these teenagers do not have the same capacity as adults to make rational choices before engaging in risky behaviors. Such a statement can be true; however, are they making a general statement that infer teenagers do not make rational decisions as adults? This is a harsh statement, which I think should be reconsidered, since there are teenagers that make rational decisions just as adults