Lauren's Senior Project by Lauren Mueller https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl Within the last decade, why has media focusing on the negatives of the American teenage experience become more mainstream, and why is this demographic being targeted? en-us 2023-05-11 15:57:40 UTC 2026-02-21 19:03:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f49a.png Why American teens are so sad (Academic journal) lmueller2023 https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587437317 https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/american-teens-sadness-depression-anxiety/629524/

-Almost every measure of mental health is getting worse, for every teenage demographic, and it’s happening all across the country.
-Since 2009, sadness and hopelessness have increased for every race; for straight teens and gay teens; for teens who say they’ve never had sex and for those who say they’ve had sex with males and/or females; for students in each year of high school; and for teens in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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]]> 2023-05-11 16:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587437317 Increase in teenage depression (graph) lmueller2023 https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587445966 -That is almost double the 2006 rate of 7.9 percent.
-the share of 12 to 17-year-olds receiving treatment for these episodes has not increased majorly over the past years and has instead stagnated around 40 percent of those affected.
-Almost 4 million U.S. adolescents received this treatment in a specialized mental health care facility.

Found in an infographic site...a graph with evidence showing an increase in teenage depression]]> 2023-05-11 16:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587445966 Attitude of teens while watching a movie (Blog from a qualified source) lmueller2023 https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587449209 -Using a number of characteristics related to the motivational, emotional and cognitive spheres, significant changes were revealed.
-After watching the film, postgraduate students’ attitudes towards elderly people changed in a positive way, while undergraduate students’ negative assessments only worsened. The revealed opposite trends can be explained by individual differences of respondents, which include age
-However, the question of the efficiency of films remains open in psychology. In general, this is a key issue for mass communication research: how much emotion, cognition and behavior are changed under the influence of mass media

From the National Library of Medicine ]]> 2023-05-11 16:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587449209 Can representation in TV shows help teens with mental health? lmueller2023 https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587458603 -Popular television shows and movies can bolster teenagers' mental health and help them cope with bullying, sexual assault, suicidal thoughts, substance abuse and depression when these issues are depicted with empathy and appropriate resources are provided, a report published today by UCLA's Center for Scholars and Storytellers shows.
-Recent research has shown that children between the ages of 11 and 17 are more likely than any other age group to report moderate to severe anxiety and depression
-The center conducted several studies examining Netflix's controversial series "13 Reasons Why," a teen drama that first aired in 2017 and drew both worldwide acclaim and condemnation for its graphic depictions 
-Nearly all the teens — 62 of 68 — who watched the program reported having looked for information on mental health topics related to what they saw. A vast majority of them also reported discussing the issues it raised with others — especially suicide, mental health and bullying. (When watching 13 Reasons Why)

From a journal article]]> 2023-05-11 16:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587458603 TV shows and the focus on mental health lmueller2023 https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587469965 -The more TV shows portray mental health issues onscreen, the more viewers will hopefully be aware and empathetic of disorders offscreen.
- EX: This is Us
"The show is letting people see that everybody from every walk of life could potentially be feeling the same way that you are or suffering from this in some form or another,"
-Never has an animated series felt so real. Netflix's Bojack Horseman beautifully captured self-sabotaging tendencies driven by depression.


Found on a blog from a qualified source ]]> 2023-05-11 16:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587469965 Mental health representation in graphic novels lmueller2023 https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587471981 -"Has the potential for destigmatizing mental health issues" through representation in comics  
-Such accounts have become increasingly common since the 2000s, not only in the United States
-Examples include Bitter Medicine: a graphic memoir of mental illness (2010), published in Canada by a pair of brothers, one of whom suffered schizophrenia at a time when mental healthcare in Canada was not being recognized very well
-As more comics portray mental illnesses in a sympathetic way, more mental health patients and their
caregivers could feel comfortable sharing their stories through comics, too.

This was found in an educational paper from Providence College]]> 2023-05-11 16:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2587471981 Why are teen shows getting darker and darker? lmueller2023 https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2588657507 -Teen drama has changed dramatically in the past 10 to 20 years. While Buffy the Vampire Slayer paved the way for teen horror in the late-'90s to early-2000s, it certainly wasn't the norm as far as teen television goes.
-That doesn't mean that horrific events didn't intrude on these soapy realities: In one dramatic episode of One Tree Hill, the students of Tree Hill High School survive a school shooting. Degrassi, too, included a school shooting episode, leading to the character (played by Drake, actually) losing his ability to walk.
-While the shows might delve into serious topics relevant to teenagers today—sex, drugs, relationships—everything is presented through the lens of horror and noir. 
-these outlandish plot points may be reflective of the problems teenagers face today—political and personal crises more sinister than those encountered in the '90s and early 2000s. 

Found in an educational journal article]]> 2023-05-12 12:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lmueller2023/3mbwx8arsjfvvapl/wish/2588657507