Media Negative Effects

Twenge argues that as a result of the introduction of the iPhone, today’s teenagers are safer since they stay at home more often, and thus are less independent and radical than the teenagers of the past few decades. She endorses this argument with statistics that suggest that this generation of adolescents is less social, as seen in decreased dating, sexual activity, and teenage birthrate trends. She provides readers with the fact that “…only about 56 percent of high-school seniors in 2015 went out on dates; for Boomers and Gen Xers, the number was about 85 percent.” However, Twenge overlooks the fact that there are new risks to the safety of teenagers; there are many online predators masquerading themselves to lure teenagers and these teenagers have also become less worldly-wise. She only discusses statistics that work for her argument and does not consider other implications that the introduction of the smartphone has instigated. Thus, her argument is insufficient since she does not consider other aspects of adolescents’ safety. Moreover, Twenge is repetitive in her emphasis on the rates of unhappiness and depression in youth that result from using smartphones. Nevertheless, she conversely supplies only one study to support these claims: The Monitoring the Future survey is a long-term question-based study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Using this study as her only piece of evidence does not effectively support her argument since this survey is funded for the purpose of studying drug abuse and it is unclear whether it is focused only on this purpose or on other aspects of teenagers’ lives. To strengthen her analysis, she must warrant her claim with additional data from studies that approach the problem in different ways. Furthermore, Twenge claims that the smartphone has resulted in

“Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” by Jean M. Twenge on The Atlantic in September 2017 are changing people generation by generation. Twenge's thesis is that smartphones are changing the way teens act. Twenge is comparing baby boomers when they were teens to teens now. Teens now are shaped by phones. Smartphones are affecting teens by changing their personality and the way they look at themselves. She is stating that because of smartphones, teens are becoming disconnected from the outside world. In addition, smartphones are making teens less social and less independent. Also, another effect with smartphones is that they are making teens depressed and suicidal. In 2012, 50% of people had smartphones after 2012, is when suicidal and depression rate kept rising. The only good things Twenge states about smartphones, is that teens are more safe now. If there is an emergency, they can immediately contact someone. Furthermore, teens now have more individualism than millennials did. Twenge interviews a “13-year-old” girl and pulls her audience in by telling the girls story with phones. Twenge pulls back to the question, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”. Teens today do not see the bad affects a smartphone has on them. They are too attached to their phones and also blinded to see it from another person's perspective.

76% of teens use social media of these 71% use Facebook, 52% use Instagram, and 41% use snap-chat. This is about teens who are always on social media and not getting off their phone, and who do not make true friends offline. We should not not be on social media all the time because it could ruin your friendships.

Technology is the inevitable force that is sweeping countries, and taking millennials with it. Simon Sinek states that “adolescents are becoming addicted to social media. Social media itself is not bad, but the imbalance is. Like all addictions, being addicted to social media will ruin relationships, it’ll cost time, and cost money.” Not to mention, using technology too much and not interacting with others face-to-face is depriving adolescents of important relationship skills that are essential inside and out of a job. Electronic usage itself is not bad, but using too much of it is, as with anything else. As Ray Bradbury points out in The Veldt, “Too much of anything is not good for

Twenge is not the only author to write about how smartphones are affecting teenagers and causing a damaging effect on the future. Typing the words “Smartphones are” into Google shows that people think that smartphones are “bad”, “addictive” and “evil.” Twenge and many others believe that smartphones are ruining the newest generation because they don’t go out as much and there is less conversation. The new generation is less likely to abuse alcohol, smoke, get into a car accident, and get pregnant before they graduate high school. And somehow to Twenge those are signs of a destroyed generation.

Based on surveys conducted as part of Internet & American Life Project, the Pew Research Center reports that 95% of teens ages 12 to 17 use the Internet and 81% of the same age group uses social media

The Effects of Media on the Public's Opinion Mass media - have you ever taken the time to consider two articles about the same thing? Some may be more bias against a group or idea, while others keep a strict, non bias view. The way the media portrays events may change or even corrupt people's thoughts on certain public matters. This paper will dissect four articles on the Woodstock riots and show the relationships and differences between them. On a Sunday night, near the closing song of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, there were a few bonfires were reported. The firefighters, feeling they were under control, let these bonfires burn. Then Limp Bizkit came on, another hard-core band. In their song Breakstuff, the audience climbed

Today's generation is based off the internet It's impossible to live without technology because the impact of social media on youth is extremely significant. Adults and children are growing up surrounded by several different devices and interactive social networking websites. Their entire life revolves around the Internet. As Jonah Lehrer suggests in his review, we robots, technology has ruined young generation in each and every way possible.

Social Therapists teach that much of what we learn is the result of observation, in which we pay attention to what people do and say, and notice the consequences of their behavior. Also, Richard MacCann shares that “the best method to begin [sic] discovering the truth about something is to observe that thing and the circumstances surrounding it”. The latter, however, certainly appears to be lacking in popular media’s portrayals of people with disabilities. The manners in which they are depicted are oftentimes distorted, and thus encourage society’s members to exhibit acts of pity, fear,

The first headline that we saw was, “The best place on Earth” and they were talking about Seahaven. They used this headline because Truman low key wants to leave Seahaven and he is searching for Lauren Garland who is in “Figi.” And they don’t want Truman to leave. The next headline we saw was, “Who cares about Europe,” which that was the headline because Truman wants to leave Seahaven and explore but they do not want Truman to try and leave. Which those were the only two I had but all the headlines were to try and talk Truman into not leaving by talking about how great Seahaven is and how everywhere else sucks.

Technology caused various of changes in this world. In the article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” the author Jean M. Twenge discuss how technology has caused a different effect on teen. “I called them iGen. Born between 1995 and 2012, members of this generation are growing up with smartphones...” Many teens now are dependent on texting then having a group conversation as compared to generations we can see the differences. The generation after 2012, which Twenge calls iGen, rely more on smartphones than earlier generation. iGen use of social media, like Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook, began before they even started going to school. These kinds of uses have caused health issues, and teens are going out less to parks and using less outside resources. While it be safer that kids stay inside, they are more likely to go into depression. Smartphones have made teens less able to communicate, caused a higher risk to their health, and become too much in a iGens life.

The history of civilization shows that the media plays a decisive role in human lives. Long before the invention of the TV, the radio, or the newspaper, people were informed through official speeches by priests or by heralds, who were messengers sent by kings. In the medieval times, correspondence often took place in the form of letters delivered by messengers. The people would follow and believe whatever the messengers conveyed to them without hesitation or further thought. Nowadays, the media is a powerful giant with profound positive and negative impact on people. In the following, I want to discuss some of the negative effects the media has on our modern society, such as glorifying and trivializing violence, inciting prejudices, and brutalizing and devaluing the meaning of sex.

"Media Violence - American children and adolescents are exposed to increasing amounts of media violence, especially in television, movies, video games, and youth-oriented music. By 18, the average young person will have viewed 200,000 acts of violence on television" (http: //www.karisable.com/crssmv.htm)

Technology has been involved in people’s lives forever, especially in the Millennial Generation. This generation consists of individuals born between the years of 1982-2004. The articles “The Flight From Conversation,” “Teens and Technology 2013,” and “Leading The Charge For Change” deals with teens interacting with technology today.Each article has different topics, but they connect through the over dependence of teens to technology. The Millennial Generation becomes less and less in touch with the real world and morphs into a quasi-reality.

“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses” (X). The Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press clauses in the First Amendment of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights protects citizens’ rights to obtain and publish information and their opinions. This is done without any government censorship or fear of punishment. Censorship is when the government examines publication and prohibits offensive material from being published and distributed (“Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press”). This freedom applies to all types of printed, electronic, and broadcasted material in the