Submitted on Wednesday 26th January 2022
Rejected on Monday 7th February 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop teens being generalised negatively in the media
I would like the UK government to create a new law to stop news stations categorizing teens when reporting a story that is negative and can make people fear or change their view of young adults.
This can benefit self esteem and stop older people from being prejudice towards young adults.
The media shares negative news as a fear factor to gain more viewers. news stations often share news about “mischievous and dangerous youths” which gives teenagers a bad representation. They place small groups of reckless teens in the main public view which forces other generations to generalise and fear young adults. I am a teenager myself and I have witnessed people who have treated me differently because of my age, such as being watched closely in shops which made me feel uncomfortable.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Oversight of media reporting is a matter for Ofcom, for broadcast news, and the Independent Press Standards Organisation and IMPRESS for print media.
You can make a complaint to Ofcom here: www.ofcom.org.uk/complaints
You can complain to IPSO here: www.ipso.co.uk/
And you can complain to IMPRESS here: www.impress.press/complaints/
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