Teenage Representation

THESIS STATEMENT: The world’s media today seem to have more violence than ever. Video games have vivid depictions of accident catastrophes, fighting and murder. Television news programs generally lead with a violent story in order to gain an audience. This is free society people can stay what they want. ‘’ Media violence has many negative effect on youth today to commit crimes in society.’’

The media is generally seen by people as a way of conveying the truth. If something is seen on TV, has been heard on the radio or something has been read in the newspapers then it is perceived as being the truth. Throughout history the media has been used as a tool to convey different messages to people. The issue of the behavior of children when exposed to violence on media has been an issue to be debated upon and studied for a very long time. There are many devices that children have access to of late which include video games, iPods, iPads, DVDs, computers and so on. Children are often said to be impressionable, this means that they do not see the world in the same way as adults do. Children tend to see things the way they are. They take things literally as they do not posses the sensibilities that are sophisticated to make a distinction between reality and fiction (Limit TV, 2010).

The mass media consists of any means of communication that has the ability to reach a large amount of people. The term ‘media’ can refer to movies, television, the newspaper, etc. It is because of it’s ability to out reach to a mass quantity of people that it is able to “reinforce and teach societal values.” At a young age, socialization occurs in that it involves the “learning of the values and the norms of society” and adopting them into their own personal values (Perse, 2001.) Children often have little life experience so they learn and imitate their environment whether that be the characters on television or societal institutions like their families or teachers at school. Adolescents are more susceptible to socialization in that they are at a period in which they are trying to find

In reference to this framework, Stanton’s (2005) article about youth drug-use in Australia appears to adopt many criteria following the British seven-stage processual model of moral panic. Firstly, it is evident that the emergence of a threat was identified in 1999 by O’Brien (1999, cited in Stanton 2005) when a major newspaper featured a headline image of a teenager injecting drugs. This drug-use incident was defined as a threat to societal values as it sparked widespread concern around the drug problem among Australian youth. Secondly, youth drug-use was presented in a stylised fashion, as an informed belief by mass media that drug-use is solely an individual problem where images and symbols of youth became associated with images of illicit drug-use (Stanton 2005: 51). In this case, drug-use among young Australians became a moral panic as a fear for youth

The media is a powerful tool that can positively or negatively influence the masses. The media can control the way that we view certain situations. When the media portrays teenagers as disobedient troublemakers, this can negatively affect their behavior. Teenagers tend to believe anything social media tells them. They depend on what others say or do on social media sites. If you ask a teenager the major influences in their life, they will probably not have a detailed answer. Social media clearly guides the behavior of users in today’s society. As teenagers advance through life, the media will directly influence their decisions. This can lead to a possible conflict between teenagers and their family members

This qualitative research report will look at the effects of different types of media on underage drinking and the perceptions of underage drinking. The research question of this report is “how do media outlets impact young people’s alcohol consumption and perceptions of it?”. This research report will aim to understand how the media may affect people’s perceptions of young and drinking alcohol; to uncover the stereotypical perceptions of young people when involving alcohol use; to understand how the media influences drinking attitudes of young people, and to understand if underage drinking is seen as a problem in today’s society and whether media outlets contribute to that view. The rationale of this project is that perceptions and causes

Mass media is designed to reach large audiences with technology. Its purpose is meant to give us entertainment and information we need to act as a society. Media is everywhere; there is no escaping from it. Almost every home in America has at least one TV, the internet, and a cell phone. You cannot drive down the street without seeing billboard signs. Checking out at the grocery store can be tricky if trying to avoid magazines. There are more forms of media available today then ever before; consequently, teens are exposed to a lot of information. The media is supposed to portray what is normal; therefore, it affects what society considers normal. Teens are much more impressionable then adults. What the media tells them is normal affects

     What impact does sex, violence, drugs, etc. in the media have on children? What can we do about it? How do we balance the tension between freedom of expression and the need to protect children? When you talk about the media and whether or not it is harmful on children, you must examine the whole industry and all aspects of its effects on children. It is that the media as a whole is not as harmful to children as some intense other can, but over exposure to certain aspects of certain types of media can be harmful. To say that all media can be harmful to children is a fallacy that must be avoided when examining this topic. Most people when analyzing this issue tend to focus on drugs, sex, and violence in terms of

On the 24th of April 2017, an Australian newspaper the Herald Sun published the article “Underage drinking on a high

In today’s growing, technological world, people rely on the media more than ever to get information about everyday occurrences and big news, but could this very system be painting a particular group in a bad lighting and giving them unfair judgement? Most, if not everyone, have seen one or two movies or television shows where teenagers are portrayed as arrogant, conceited, impulsive nuisances that are only good for causing problems, but this is not true. Media paints us in a bad light, making it seem as if all teenagers are out of control and chaotic, but in all actuality, teenagers can prove to be very responsible, considerate, and can even think things through, contrary to popular belief. While I can see why many people consider teenagers to be careless, it is unfair to assume that all teens are just because of the few

With the average Australian watching approximately 24 hours a week of TV and video alone, the effects that the media may have on teenage viewers is a national issue. Media is the transfer of information on numerous topics to a variety of audience, this can be done through Television, social media, radio etc. Risk taking behavior of youth is commonly represented in the media as a positive behavior, without underlining the possible negative outcomes of the actions. This could affect the audience in numerous ways such as, creating a sense that risk taking behavior is needed to make a make a point or gain interest. Unrealistic expectations of the outcomes of risk taking behavior may also be an effect of teenage representation in the media. The positive representation of risk taking behavior of youth may also influence youth to do actions, of which they are unaware of the possible consequences of.

This problem with media can be especially concerning when the media messages are violent and destructive in nature. Studies have been conducted to determine the effects of violence on the minds of teenagers. Research indicates that dopamine—the same biological chemical that is released when people take drugs to induce that happy feeling— is released when teenagers are entertained by violence (Chaney, 2014) In fact, London’s Hammersmith Hospital showed that the level of dopamine doubled in the brains of kids playing video games which release of a pleasurable sensation makes kids increase their desire for more of what makes them happy, this cycle leads to an addiction for more violence (Chaney, 2014). Violent messages mixed with confusing and misleading instructions to take risks, experiment and spend without thinking about the consequences can lead teenagers to adopt the wrong values and eventually make poor

Media is the most effective method of mass communication. There are many different sources of mass media; broadcast, advertising, digital, hypermedia, interactive, multimedia, new media, news media, print media, published media, recorded media and social media(Dictionary.com 2017). Considering all the different forms media can take, it isn’t all too shocking that media has had an influence on deviant behaviors. The media’s influence though, is attributed to promoting deviance rather than reducing it.

More companies are emerging by day and competitions are the orders of the day, media, unfortunately, have turned from their main purpose of providing information to mere business. Now human beings with their devious nature have turned to such sources that seem to interest people, without considering the implication on the larger societal ethics. The looming crisis of drug abuse is another issue all blamed on the media. The negative influence of media is not only restricted to children the larger public is also a victim of the media for instance advertisement of products to fit the description they really do not deserve, precisely cheating the mass.

Negative effects of Mass Media for teenagers,  The exposure of sex images and excessive portraits of violence in movies and dramas have instilled negative thoughts and taboos in the mind of these teenagers for they have been consistently getting increased exposure to things which are not suitable for their age.