Waterloo Road is a BBC television drama about teenagers in a Scottish secondary school. The BBC represents the dominant ideology in the UK, so the show likely portrays negative stereotypes of teenagers. One scene shows a female student deliberately stripping in front of her PE teacher, implying most teenage girls behave this way, which is not accurate. Another scene depicts teenage boys planning to murder a man, representing teenagers as criminals who lack morals. Both this show and Harry Brown dress teenagers realistically but use stereotypes to reinforce the dominant ideology's views of them as folk devils with a negative influence on society.

2.  Waterloo Road is a television drama which is based around
teenagers in a Secondary School/6TH
form in Scotland.
 It is shown on BBC one which already suggests that the
representations of teenagers are going to be negative since the
BBC one is the main television channels which represents the
views and beliefs of the dominant Ideology within the UK
 The main target audience are people ranging from the ages of 18
to Mid 30’s.

3. • Underage Sex
• Teenage Pregnancies
• Drugs and Alchohol abuse
• Anti Social Behaviour
• Disrepectful Teenagers
• Lying
• Fighting
• Lack of Morals

4. In this scene Gabriella (Student) purposely strips infront of her P.E teacher when
hes training in the School Gym. He immediately tells her to put her clothes back on
but she refuses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQAb26wWSjI
This is a negative representation of
teenagers since what happened in the
scene is illeagal as well as morally wrong.
The scene implies that most teenage
females behave in this manor when in
reality this i not the case. Since the
program is shown the BBC, I am not
suprised it feature these representations
since the BBC represent and reinforce
ideas and beliefs of the dominant
Ideology

5. In this scene teenagers Barry and Kevin plan to kill a man called Steve since
raped Barry sisters who is also Barrys sister. Instead Steve ends up
getting set up and arrested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC67Wmz19n0
This can be seen as a positive and
negative representation of teenagers
depending on which teenager you
concentrate on. For Kevin it is a negative
representation since he is planning to
commit murder which implies he lacks
morals and is a criminal. However Barry
never intended to kill Steve which is why
he had cleverly rang the police so they
come and arrest Steve before he is
Murdered by Kevin. Over once again a
negative representation is shown of
teenagers.

6.  In Waterloo Road and Harry Brown teenagers have been dressed
in a way which is similar to how they dress daily, whether it being
hoodies or regular school uniform. This makes it hard for the
audience to distinguish between reality and the tv drama. The use
of steroetypes is also used in both to reinforce the ideas of the
dominant ideology, for example using Gabriella who is blond and
making her strip infront of her teacher. Stereotypically this is
something a ‘’blond girl’’ will do. In reality it’s untrue.
 In Waterloo Road and Harry Brown both sets of teenagers are also
represented as folk devils (someone who is thought to have a
negative infuence on society). For example the boys in Key Scene 2
who plan to murder a man. The idea of moral panic is used since
teenagers commiting murder will be extremely worrying for adult
veiwers.

7.  In Waterloo Road and Harry Brown teenagers have been dressed
in a way which is similar to how they dress daily, whether it being
hoodies or regular school uniform. This makes it hard for the
audience to distinguish between reality and the tv drama. The use
of steroetypes is also used in both to reinforce the ideas of the
dominant ideology, for example using Gabriella who is blond and
making her strip infront of her teacher. Stereotypically this is
something a ‘’blond girl’’ will do. In reality it’s untrue.
 In Waterloo Road and Harry Brown both sets of teenagers are also
represented as folk devils (someone who is thought to have a
negative infuence on society). For example the boys in Key Scene 2
who plan to murder a man. The idea of moral panic is used since
teenagers commiting murder will be extremely worrying for adult
veiwers.