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     If you are watching a movie about school, especially high school, and there is interaction among the students, more likely than not, there are going to be cliques. And typically, these cliques are very defined; typical cliques you would see in movies would be groups like the “Popular girls,” “Preps,” “Jocks”, “Nerds,” “Emo kids,” and etc. These types of cliques are what people generally think of when they hear the word “clique,” and that’s because of how strongly the media portrays cliques every time they appear. These groups are very distinct and the people in these media cliques also usually all have very similar shallow and generalized characteristics when often times cliques in real life are often because they are a group of people with similar interests or their personalities get along well with each other.

     In the media, certain cliques are usually categorized into either being a “good” clique or “bad” clique to be in. Having cliques portrayed so strongly and so divided makes teenagers feel like they need to be in groups like that as well.

     Teenagers get a skewed perception on what social groups should be like and they might base their interactions with their peers in a similar fashion as the media shows them. They feel like that’s just how it’s supposed to be and feel like they should have the same. Having cliques like this might however create a hostile environment for teens because of how they see as some cliques as “good” and the other “bad.” The ones in the “good” cliques might feel like they are better than everyone else and boast their status while the teenagers in the “bad” cliques might feel dejected.