Research commissioned by campaigning group Women in Journalism has found that:
The survey found that over the past year there were more newspaper stories about young people and crime than about teenagers and all other subjects put together.
Fiona Bawdon, Women in Journalism committee member, said: "When a photo of a group of perfectly ordinary lads standing around wearing hooded tops has become visual shorthand for urban menace or even the breakdown of society, it is clear that teenage boys have a serious problem."
She added: "The ‘teenage boy' brand has become toxic. Media coverage of boys is unrelentingly negative, focusing almost entirely on them as victims or perpetrators of crime and our research shows that the media is helping make teenage boys fearful of each other."
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