Talking Point #10

Youth Media Observation

I actually enjoyed viewing this teen space. I was shocked to see relevant issues and how teens portrayed them. The one film that interested me the most was babies, bottles, and diapers life of a teenager when pregnant. It was interesting to see how teens reacted to pregnancy both male and female.
There was a couple who were expecting a baby and thought it was the greatest thing that a child would be raising ac child. The boy said "it doesn't get better than a kid raising a kid". I'm not sure if that is the message we want to send to our youth. In the same video you saw mothers struggling to make ends met and they talked about how hard it was. I think that the first couple needs to experience what it is like to be a parent before commenting on how easy it will be. You hear most of the girls that they have given up there future and that they are committed to this child for the rest of its life "its not about me anymore it's all about her". That statement shocked me because that is what parenthood is all about putting your child's needs first before yours. It was good to see the contradiction in the video from parents and those who are expecting a child. Caring for child is not easy and in essence you lose your childhood.
This was a great teen space where they can post issue's that they are concerned about whether it is religion, the Sean Bell case, or gangs. They have the freedom to take presiding issues and speak freely about them without persecution. The website wasn't eye catching but you were intrigued by the videos caption. I wanted to view all of them because i think they have really good points. Another excellent point is that they included facts in the movie. One example is that "1 and 3 girls have had sex by the age of sixteen". Another is "that the US spends $7 billion on teen pregnancy each year". This is saying lets teach them safe sex and make birth control accessible to alleviate this problem. Overall, i enjoyed viewing the movie's and found them informative with facts to back them up. i belive that this website relates to the Greenfield article. She was able to photograph the change that was happening in the world where this website includes video segments. The teens are digital natives so they would use the interent to post there thoughts and concerns. Where Greenfield used her photographs in a book to deliver a message, unquiely the same representaion.