Birmingham professor says Netflix show highlights need to talk
Teenagers at The Way Youth Zone in Wolverhampton told BBC WM they recognised a lot of the themes in the show.One said: "You hear all the time of people getting stabbed and stuff and they're like school students all the time, around the same age as well."He said Instagram, X and Snapchat were commonly used for the "misogynistic stuff".Another teenager said: "People will fight and then people will fight other people that were there just watching it happen, and then it escalates even more."Others suggested restrictions should be placed on mobile phone apps, with one teenager adding: "I don't think they need to be banned, I just think there needs to be more restriction on stuff, like what people can post and what people can't post."
Dr Lawson believes communication between parents and children is key to them not getting trapped in a social media world.He explained: "If all that the kids have is social media then where do the other positive influences in their lives come from? "Where do the other role models come from? "Where are they having those conversations about difficulties that they're facing in their life?"
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