What makes this video so convincing?
This video is reasonably convincing at the start, mostly because it doesn't seem like a very difficult thing to believe, also the fact that it starts as a fairly normal news article, up until the part where they start talking about euthanizing their daughter. Bit strange.
Who published this video?
A Youtube channel/website called 'The Onion', who take ideas and turn them into realistic looking but fake news articles.
How are teenagers portrayed in this clip?
It would seem that this video heavily implies that all teenagers are obsessed with technology, more specifically phones and social media, and that all teenagers disrespect their parents and spend their whole lives doing nothing. Though I don't think murdering your children is an appropriate way to solve that problem...
Why has the director cast them this way?
I think the director emphasised on normal characteristics of some teenagers to a point where it isn't quite believable, to make it funny to watch due to typical stereotypes about teenagers.
In whose interests is this text?
Parents of teenagers who can relate (mildly), and to make teachers aware of what can happen when you're on your phone all the time.
Who is real in this video?
No one. They're all fake. However casting a doctor who uses lots of intelligent sounding medical terms does make it kind of convincing.
What social realities does this video portray?
That social media and modern technology has become a huge part of peoples lives, not only teenagers, but people of all ages.
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