The Impact of Media on Teens

Firstly, young girls who watch the shows might want to be pregnant in order to be famous. In her Opposing Viewpoints article, Kroll said, “This created a media frenzy. These girls became celebrities in what seemed to be overnight”. Some girls might have a gullible misconception about the teen parents on the shows. They do not know that they have to handle the hardships on taking care of a child along with having the “fame and fortune” lifestyle. Additionally, young girls might think it is alright to be treated unfairly because it is being televised. The cameras are capturing moments that contains domestic

Reality Television is a relatively new phenomenon that has exploded over the last several years. Whether it has to do with an “extreme makeover” or finding the supposed love of your life, reality television has given us the opportunity to become voyeurs in others’ lives. Approximately, 50% of television audiences are watching reality shows (Webster University). Long gone are the days of whole television programs. Today, most reality shows depict women as an object, only defined and valued by their sexuality. What kind of message is this sending to young girls? The purpose of this study is to show that reality television can have a negative effect on teenage girls. This matters because it can lead to the sexualization of young girls.

Media has become a significant component within society. While media provides many pros, it supplies various cons as well. One very prominent fault that the significance of media has is its visual depiction of women. There is an abundance of media portraying women to have ideal bodies, and this undoubtedly has a negative effect on adolescent girls. Two of the many effects of media on females are depression and self esteem issues, as well as eating disorders. Unfortunately, body dissatisfaction caused by media is becoming more and more common.

To begin, reality television shows are detrimental to society because they influence bad behavior among teenagers.

The Article “UA Researcher Finds Negative Impact of MTV Show ’16 and Pregnant’” proves that the show doesn’t have the impact it hoped to have. In the article there are two groups, one group of girls watched an episode of “16 and Pregnant” and the other an episode of “Made.” Aubrey, head researcher, states “Girls who watched ‘16 and Pregnant,’ when compared with the control group, reported a lower perception of their own risk, for pregnancy and a greater perception that the benefits of teen pregnancy outweigh the risks” (Harwood). MTV thought teens would see the hardship of the girls starred in “16 and Pregnant” but all they seen where the benefits of having a baby. The group of teens that seen “16 and Pregnant” didn’t care about how having a baby would change their

Sexuality and sex in America is a complicated subject in that there is little consensus on the topic of sex in, and the American media sends many mixed messages regarding sex and sexuality to everyone, not just to adolescents. Americans are aware of sex primarily through advertising (print media, commercials, etc.) as sex is used to sell anything and everything. The media also bombards Americans with sexuality and sex on television and in films. The sexuality of teenagers is not a straightforward issue in America either. Many parents do not discuss sex or sexuality with their children. There have been ongoing debates as to whether sexuality should be taught as part of school curricula because there are such a great deal of adolescents participating in reckless and/or dangerous sexual behaviors, largely because they are grossly uneducated about sex. The paper will reference the film Juno and other texts as a meditation on the relationship between adolescent sexuality and the media.

“MTV executives deny it, but when their young subjects vie for space with J-Lo and Jolie on the covers of People and Us Magazine, it's hard to say the shows aren't glamorizing teen motherhood”(Vlahos) Television providers are contradicting the cause via magazines. We are now constantly seeing the stars of popular shows such as 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom appearing constantly in the media. The number one example of glamorization of teen pregnancy is magazines. ‘“16 and Pregnant was originally designed by MTV to show viewers (mostly young women) what life as a pregnant teen was really like. Every time the show airs, MTV promotes a website called StayTeen.org that “encourage[s] you to enjoy your teen years and avoid the responsibilities

Once these young children reach their teen years and even into early adulthood, this objectification brings on a second effect. Their ability to form natural relationships is dwindling. Take for instance the show Rock of Love or The Bachelor. Women on these shows compete amongst each other for one man’s affection. The actions of these women go much further than a regular conversation and first date. You see these women get naked, make-out with each other, even sleep with these men all in the hopes that for one more week they are able to stay in the house, just to turn around next week and do it all over again. What is this teaching our children? Well for one it is teaching them that this type of behavior is acceptable. This acceptable behavior has attributed to higher teen pregnancy, multiple sex partners and now the new craze – sexting. In a SPARK Summit video, Yanique Richards a high school student feels that these types of shows are directly targeted towards her and her peers. She states that “these shows are shown when I directly get home from school and I don’t want to do homework and I am sitting in front

Adolescence is a time where an individual’s sense of identity starts to emerge and a majority of their social norms are perceived. In this day and age, adolescents live in a world heavily submerged around media, which plays an important and habitual part of an adolescents' life. In a national survey conducted in 2009, adolescents on average spend more than 7.5 hours using some sort of media a day (Rideout, Foehr, Roberts, 2010). With this unprecedented access to the world, individuals are learning and connecting with many different people and ideas through the media (Brown & Bobkowsi, 2011). With different forms of media playing an influential part in an adolescents’ life, their perceived social norms may be seriously influenced.

Many studies have shown how Movies and Television shows are influencing the expectations of what teenagers think life will be like when they group up. The media gives a very descriptive interpretation of what they see as normal. Common topics that are influenced by the media is sex, violence, drinking, smoking, relationships, and body image. As the media presents the perfect relationships and the perfect life, teenagers start to think that they need to change themselves and the way they act because it is not like what they see on television. On average, a teenager watches four to five hours of television a day. This is not including what they see on a phone, laptop, or tablet. In the short story, “The Love of my Life” by T. Coraghessan Boyle, China and Jeremey, the young characters, are realizing that life isn’t exactly what they thought it would be.

The media plays a huge role in an adolescent’s choice to participate in drinking, drugs, and smoking. The media spends on average twenty-five billion dollars per year on advertising tobacco, alcohol among other things; this advertising is at the fingertips of America’s adolescent’s. All of these media in contradictory to the “just say no” policy that parents try to enforce, all adolescents see is yes. Adolescents view approximately one thousand to two thousand alcohol and tobacco advertisements in a year. The odds of being exposed to an advertisement for drinking or smoking are far more likely than an advertisement for safety and good choices. What sort of values is reality TV sending to the children? I wonder what the glorification of teen pregnancy does to the minds of our youth. This holds true for smoking, drinking, or whatever else the media decides to portray on television. It does not have to be just substance abuse it could in general be the bachelor.

The media is a huge part in everyone's lives and they have a great influence on the actions we partake in on a daily basis. Though adults don't usualy fall into the pressure of the media, young children and teenagers ae highly sussestable to what the media is telling them to do and what's 'cool'. A major action glorified by the media is smoking and it pressures minors to take up the horrible habit as an attempt to be happy or some how be like their favorite celebrity. Media and holly wood especially have both contributed to an era of people smoking and are a direct cause for the increase of youth smoking today.

In today’s society, there are a number of factors that affect a child’s ability to learn. The media, for good and for bad, is the primary teacher of American youth. This environment reflects life itself, sometimes in a corrupt way, including the positive and heinous parts, along with the beautiful and hideous parts, as well as the charitable and violent parts. It is almost impossible to protect American youth from experiences reflecting the adult world when the media invades homes and becomes so much a part of everyday living. “American teenagers spend 31 hours a week watching television, 10 hours a week online, 4 hours a week reading magazines, and 17 hours a week listening to music” (Miss). Even though mass media is a huge part of a

INTRODUCTION: There are reality TV shows for everything. There are reality shows for surviving Reality TV does not depict real life struggles accurately. They do not show the daily struggle of some issues that families, adults, and teenagers have. If people say reality TV is a good source of education, why are there still teens getting pregnant today? If teens are still getting pregnant, it shows how little they care of the outcomes of unprotected sex. Especially when it comes to teens that are pregnant. Teen pregnancy shows should not be aired on television because the episodes falsely convey the hardships of being a mother, omit delivery and financial complications that may arise from giving birth too young, and inaccurately depicts the social impact that having a baby as a teen may have on the young family.

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.