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Zoella Beauty

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Zoe Elizabeth Sugg, a twenty five year old proves that social media is definitely more helpful than harmful. In 2009, she created her beauty blog “Zoella” to distract herself from her problems with anxiety and depression. By the end of 2009 she had thousands of followers, this encouraged her to start her own YouTube channel, and in seven years she received ten million subscribers and net worth of $3.5 million as of 2016. In 2014, she had also written her own book “Girl Online”, following by another sequel “Girl Online: On Tour” in 2015. Her books broke the record for highest first-week sales of a first-time novelist. Zoe launched a range of beauty products under the brand “Zoella Beauty” in September 2014. According to the Metro, the “Bath …show more content…

What are the negative effects of social media on young teens and the future generations? Elise White, the author of “Does the Media Negatively Affect Teenagers?”, explains the negative effects of media on teenagers, and she includes Sex, Violence, Money, and Body Image, as the major factors. She also says, “If a Teenager is responsible for a violent act, society is convinced that media/Video games is the main cause.” (Elise White 1). Out of all these negative factors, society believes that Body Image is the one that effects the most. An average fashion model is thinner than ninety eight percent of women. Advertisements only work to publicize their brand/products, such as; toothpastes, makeup, clothes, and so on. Young teens are exposed to such unrealistic image and are encouraged to place more importance on their appearance than a healthy life. This advertising pays for all forms of media, including movies, magazines, websites and phone applications. These advertisements lead to low self esteem and insecurity among teenagers. It can also lead to emotional and mental issues like depression if they do not achieve so called “Perfect bodies”. In today’s society, owning something that everyone has or is trending like, makeup, branded clothes, and fancy gadgets is considered to be “Cool” and socially acceptable. Violence and Sex are the other important negative factors, as teenagers are influenced by the movies and video games they watch and play. Music videos these days portray a very violent and sexual image and meaning, which impacts the way many teenagers

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