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90210: the American Teenagers
In what way does 90210 challenge and confirm British perceptions of American youth and why is it so successful in the UK?

90210? American teenagers
Attitudes and values
Representations of American youth in the British media
Audience profiling http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S4tl1L_NG_cC&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=how+are+characters+represented+in+90210&source=bl&ots=8svyK9iHAz&sig=8UCb4ahGSQUIRZ0G3eOzDCmcpSc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LNlMT72gCdTV8QOp56jxAg&ved=0CGQQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=how%20are%20characters%20represented%20in%2090210&f=false http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?p=56844343 http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1562309 Beauty myth – Naomi wolf
Beauty myth – Naomi wolf

Several remarks are made on a daily basis on American teenagers, who are considered as wild, lazy and are not very futuristic. They are usually kept away from “real life” and have a school system that seems to be the absolute antithesis of the real world.
90210 is an American teen drama television series, produced by CBS production. The series revolves around several students who are facing different problems In live such as drinking. 90210 is a franchisees of the original version bevery hills. 1. As long as the show features teenage girls who are loose and slutty, and contains a lot of drama, there will be people to watch it. It won't have anything to do with it being a good show or not though.
People have a negative perspective about the teenage girls who work around next to nothing iin the society yet the are attracted to this show? Does this mean that as consumers we want to critizsizze by relating our real life to TV unrealistic
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