today’s society can be easily influenced and many have role models they look up to and aspire to be. A role model has qualities that affect young kids and also adults that can lead to either positive or negative influences. This can be somewhat of a dangerous thing considering the role model the people choose. While this can be something innocent, like singing along to songs or dressing with a certain style, it can also be something negative, like bad behavior, drug, abuse, and violence. Parts of society
Society as a whole has become ridiculous. The celebrities who we once looked up to are now setting a bad example for the youth of today. Teenagers are so focused on being cool, standing out, and giving into peer pressure that we forget the importance of respect for ourselves. Many famous celebrities have changed completely going from innocent to out of control. We look at their behavior on Instagram or on television and try to emulate them. A good example is teen pop sensation Hannah Montana also
entertainer and pop-icon who’s tumultuous and violent relationship with singer Chris Brown was highly publicized. Figure 8.1 Justin Bieber Justin Bieber is a Canadian born singer, dancer, song writer (also a pop-icon) who has become most recently popular from his less than pristine reputation as a “bad boy” Figure 9 Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan is an American child-Actress, model and singer whose reputation had begun as that of a budding child star has become far more famous for having an alcohol
fun, but it also comes with a lot of pressure of having to be perfect. Justin Bieber, for example, when he was 12, was an internet sensation, with a large number of fans and an eager manager arranging for the teen to fly to Atlanta to consider a record deal. He was faced with a life-changing decision that could make or break him. Lindsay Lohan became famous at only the age of 3 by being a model, and starring in
social psychologists. McGuire was Irish, born 17th February 1925. The Social Influence Theory was designed by Bandura who believed that if you forewarn and educate young adults to resist unhealthy behaviour; it may stop or slow down the process of bad habits such as smoking or alcohol abuse. The Social Inoculation Theory designed by McGuire believed that if you provide young people with enough information and methods to fight peer pressure, they are more likely to abstain from unhealthy
Celebrities deserve the chance for their personal lives to be respected they have rights like anybody else. They are constantly reminded of their past mistakes, even when they have rectified themselves, asked for forgiveness, and tried to be a better role model. It is astonishing how cruel and quick people for these mistakes, when they mostly have made the same. Celebrities should not be wrongly judged for wanting privacy, people do not know them , they
sensationalized by society. By the many illegal actions such as DUIs, general pubic law violations, hit and runs, examples of bad behavior, and assault and sometimes even murder, many celebrities are not cut out be followed by example, but to be viewed as a lesson to prevent the same mistakes for others. A role model by definition is someone who models behavior worth emulating (Keim). Role models and people worthy of being imitated should have a good past and a good present all leading up to a good future. By
personality. People went outrageous on her performance at VMA in 2014, questioning her authenticity as an artist as they could not believe that she went from a role model to a latex wearing “seductress” with suggestive dance moves (“twerking”) (Arruda 2013). Started out her career being a child star on Disney Channel, Miley was initially seen as a role model to her peers in the public’s eye. Little did people know, she wanted more than just acting according to the scripts. “I worked for five years on something
try and prevent it. There are plenty of things you can do to try and persuade teens to drive sober, such as giving teens positive role models, having parents do their duty by teaching their teens about peer pressure (saying no!) and enforcing schools to show the effects of drunk driving. Teens today have so many bad influences in their life such as negative role models. Celebrities
those of you who knew he was guilty of assault, but not punished, did it affect your respect and influence your support of Chris Brown? How many of you remember Justin Bieber, and his dangerous driving and assault charges in Toronto? Of course, those charges were dropped. He was spending the day with Selena Gomez. It is fortunate for Bieber