Celebrity Impact On Teenagers

During these times, once you turn on your television set you are abruptly notified on yet another absurd act that a celebrity had committed the night before. The media becomes engrossed by the despicable behavior and ravages at it as if it was the final grain of rice. Once they have completed a story that is at the right level of crudeness, they deliver it to the public. The vulgar news reaches households all across the world, and then it soon pollutes the minds of innocent and young children. At a young age, boys and girls commonly compare themselves with reference groups of people who occupy the social role to which they desire. The constant negative and sometimes provocative images that are displayed by celebrities are what define

In Susan Bordo’s article “Never Just Pictures,” she expresses her understanding of how images in the media alter the way our society sees itself. She starts off addressing how critical society has become about the weight of those in the spot light. This cruelty has emerged from critics comparing those in the media such as, athletes, actors, news castors, etc. to super models who are expected to remain at an extremely low weight percentage for fashion shows and photo shoots. In just about every magazine, there are advertisements for a weight loss products or promises, or show models glamorized while they look to be on the verge of starvation. She implies that magazine editors only care about selling products and do not consider the effect the

“Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll,” said by John Lack on the first airing of MTV. On August 1, 1981 at 12:01 AM, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles released and soon began the incentive for music television. This first music video to launch on MTV ignited a trigger for all other artists to improve their music videos so that theirs may be shown on MTV. The channel provoked younger people all around the United States to be able to watch these videos of their favorite bands and artists. The MTV sensation had an immense impact culturally, socially, and economically throughout this time period.

When Victoria’s Secret is allowed to have models prance around on screen but Lane Bryant Ads (lingerie for plus size women) is banned then there’s a problem. The media is portraying these models who are thin to the point where it is unhealthy. And the media is feeding society lies. A perfect example is of Gerran Tyler. Tyler was a 12 year old supermodel. She walks the run way for clients like Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, and Betsey Johnson. She’s tall, thin, the perfect model because she hasn’t hit puberty yet. She walked during New York Fashion Week and posed for these designer brands advertisements. This body type is unachievable for almost all adult women (Roberts). Somebody in their twenties or thirties doesn’t have the ability to look like a twelve year old girl, but this is how these designers are telling us to look. Tyler had an amazing career and high expectations but the fame didn’t last long. As she got older and hit puberty she began to develop boobs, hips, and curves. She began getting less and less bookings. Her supermodel career was virtually over. “Eighty percent of 10-year-old American girls say they have been on a diet” and the, “Number one magic wish for young girls 11-17 is to be thinner” (Missrepresentation). This self-esteem problem with young girls is a result of these unobtainable ideas of beauty. Jennifer Siebel, creator of the documentary Missrepresentation, says

For thousands of years, we have laid our lives in celebrity’s hands. In Collin Palmer’s short essay response to Deborah King’s article “The Impact Celebrities Have on Our Lives,” he argues that celebrity obsessions are over-exaggerated. Nevertheless, I agree with Palmer that celebrities bring us relief from our everyday stresses, however, King seems to be exaggerating the dangers they pose to teenagers. Adults are obsessed with celebrities but children take it too far. In the article “Essay about Celebrity Role Models and Children” by Bartleby.com they clearly state that celebrities are not good role models for children, “People look up to celebrities as role models, the youth especially.

Youthful kids today are so stressed over what they look like and how they dress. Today 42% of young ladies in grades 1-3 need to be more slender, 51% of 9-10 year old young ladies feel better about themselves when they are eating less, 53% of 13 year old young ladies are despondent with their bodies and when they are 17, 78% of them will be. For what reason do you imagine that these young ladies feel along these lines? Promotions of ladies being 'flawless' impact pre-adulthood. When they are 17, these young ladies have seen 250,000 TV ads revealing to them they ought to be an enhancing object, sex question, or a size they can never accomplish. In this promotion it demonstrates how photoshopped this female model is. In the best picture she has

Alcohol, drugs, and sex: this is the “recipe” for a typical teenager in pop culture. Stereotypes of high school students appear in countless movies, books, and television shows. Based on media sources, a prevalent opinion of teenagers is that they are extremely rebellious, selfish, and irresponsible. Society has become used to a negative image of adolescents; many just ignore how teenagers actually act. Despite the fact that many consider these visual representations of high schoolers are true, only a few of these representations are correct. However, there may be more variables involved. For example, these young adults may be facing stressful decisions or handling immense family situations. Although each individual high school exhibits unique characteristics, high school students can be split into three distinct classifications: brainiacs, jocks, and underachievers.

Celebrities often change the perception of teenagers of how they should look. They portray this image that their value is based on their outward appearances and that they have to be thinner to be successful in life. If they are reserved and quiet they are boring, if they are loud and outspoken they are an attention seeker, if they are unique they are weird. It is difficult for them to then find a place to fit in in this world centered around outer beauty and the media’s idea of perfection. To them, thinness is idealised to be “attractive”. Standards of beauty of this have increased the teenagers’ desire to resolve to plastic surgery to fix their imperfections.

The article describes how children are impacted by popular culture and how popular culture has an effect on their identities and personalities through those celebrity.

The common themes of skinny models in this edition of Glamour is typified in the image found in the AG advertisement. The model is extremely skinny, as her waistline is completely flat. Her neck is elongated, and her arms are toothpick thin. Her clothes appear to be slightly too big on her. Additionally, her thighs do not touch, and they do not even get bigger as they get closer to her hips. This unnatural body type sets unrealistic expectations for the readers. Most American women could not achieve that body type. Vulnerable populations, including teenagers, may go to drastic lengths to try and achieve a body type like that, for these types of images is what the media is saturated with.

When females realize they will not be able to accomplish the same body that the famous acquire, they come very self-conscious and some even develop eating disorders. The media’s role in self-images has greatly affected the way people preserve themselves in today’s society.

This report will analyse and highlight how teenagers have been manipulated in the media to have their point of view either marginalised or privileged to represent what mind set the media wants to evoke from the audience.

Decades ago televisions were a luxury few could afford and when they became more widely available computers came along and the advances have continued. Exposure that was once limited to magazines and television time has now increased to include the entire world at our fingertips via smartphones and tablets. This allows us unlimited access to people we may perceive as being better than ourselves in many ways but the prevalence of photographs would have the focus shifted to the physical appearance of these people. Along with this progression has come a change in the people we are exposing ourselves to: female celebrities are getting smaller. Grabe and Ward and Hyde present in their study The Role of the Media in Body Image Concerns Among Women: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental and Correlational Studies that “the images of women presented in the media today are thinner than past media images of women, thinner than the actual female population, and often thinner than the criteria for anorexia” (2008). Alongside the pressure on women to be thin there exists a pressure on men to be “more muscular. . .the media often portrays that it is the strong handsome men who are popular and who get the beautiful women” (Russello,

I agree with Collin Palmer that we shouldn't be so concerned about being obsessed with celebrities because for most of us it is harmless fun, however, there are a few people who seem to get too carried away, and for them it is a very negative influence.

Media such as the internet, broadcasting, and publishing is a way to express opinions and keep up to date with the latest fashion trends. While these trends continue to go on, new trends are thought of, the trends may be a little tricky to keep up with even for celebrities. While the thought of being perfect for society, cause many adolescents to breakdown for following the false beliefs of society. Some people may use the media to be updated on important news. On the other hand, others believe the media is a horrible setting, resulting in adolescent to do whatever it takes to become just like them, poisoning their minds to become something they are not. The media produces bad influences for body image and messes with adolescents’ minds.