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In relation to this,
there is a considerable confusion in the UK and national anxiety about what role young
people below the age of the majority should play in community and political life. The media
in particular has become central in re-playing the narrative of fear and confusion around
children`s position in society. Instead of recognising children`s social agency and the
capability of understanding the complexity of the world as the Newsround has done in some
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