Media has lately been inspiring alot of the teenagers of our society. It has become a part of our lives. We use media every day and every second of our life!
Considering the role of media in our lifes today, we have to agree to the fact that media plays a large role in the opinions and decisions of our teenagers today.
There are two types of effects on the teenagers; either the media effects the teenagers negatively or it effects them positively.
Some of the positive effects on the teenagers include:
1) Teenagers have easily learned how to embrace technology.
2)Increased awarness about their surroundings.
3)it has also inhanced the knowledge and understanding of their curricular sunjects.
4)It has also increased awarness in them about issues like sex, sexually transfered diseases, smoking, alchol etc.
The negative effects also tend to stand out. Some of them include:
1)media is responsible for giving teenagers ideals about body shapes which has led to many teenagers (specifically gilrs) to loose wieght to such a limit that it effects their health negatively.
2)The amount of violence showed in the media tends to increase the aggression in teenagers today, leading to different sort of damages.
3)The amount of celebrity hype in the media has caused alot of children to have arrational demands to dress like those who can easily afford it.
4)It also incurages unhealthy habbits in teenagers, such as smoking, alchol, sex etc.
Information from : http://www.buzzle.com/articles/media-effects-on-teenagers.html
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