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    THE INFLUENCE OF MEDIA ON TEENAGERS Author: Nenad Jevtic Mentor: Biljana Pipovic‚ English teacher Abstract The media exerts an enormous‚ almost a normative influence‚ over the lives of men‚ women‚ adolescents and children. It influences‚ particularly among teenagers‚ the ways in which individuals and groups dress‚ talk‚ behave‚ and think. The media‚ in the forms of movies‚ television‚ radio‚ and print as well as the new electronic communications media of the Internet‚ helps to connect individuals

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    attitudes‚ self-image and behaviors. Negative effects of media emphasis on thinness. Relationship between media & self-esteem. How film‚ TV & music affirm the validity of sexual activity for teens; alcohol use. Aggression & violence. Paper Introduction: The Effect of Media on Teenagers The media exerts an enormous‚ almost a normative influence‚ over the lives of men‚ women‚ adolescents and children. It influences‚ particularly among teenagers‚ the ways in which individuals and groups dress‚ talk‚

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    Effects of Media on Teenagers Should teens be limited to the amount of technology that’s exposed? We’ve all been or are going to be a teenager. There is no way to avoid it. Leisure has changed over time. The definition of leisure to any adult would be playing with friends in the street‚ doing some homework or maybe even working at a job. Today‚ it consists of texting on iPhones/blackberries‚ watching T.V or going on social networks. It seems today that any teenager would agree

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    realizing the average person in America sees approximately 40‚000 ads in magazines‚ billboards‚ and television each year‚ it is obvious that media causes teens to be dissatisfied with their bodies‚ aggressive and accepting of drugs and sex at an early age! Typical Advertisements in today’s society spotlight skinny models that look nothing like the average woman. Media targeting teens stress the idea that the ideal women must be skinny and the ideal man is not only physically fit but muscular as well.

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    how teenagers are stereotyped. The programme depicts the characters as being vulgar‚ taking drugs‚ having sex and getting in violent situations. Within the first episode Tony discusses plans for Sid to lose his virginity‚ Sid then buys drugs from a dealer at a brothel‚ the character Cassie overdoses at the party they go to and the group drive a car into a harbour. Throughout the running time there is strong language and vulgar terminology. Whilst it may be the case that some teenagers do get

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    Historically representations of teenagers have been varied in the media but especially more within recent years teenagers have been represented more negatively. From the British television drama website (www.itvdrama.blogspot.com ) I was able to find out that in the past teenagers were represented as obedient‚ conforming young people who were un-sexualized and unsusceptible to the negatives of the world. It stated that as time progressed the representation of teenagers became more realistic. They became

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    Social media effect on Teenagers The best way to understand the definition of social media is to break it down. Social media is a relatively new form of communication; it’s a more advanced version of the older forms of communication like television‚ newspapers and radio. Examples of social networking and Micro blogging websites which are a main part of social media are Facebook‚ Twitter‚ MySpace‚ Tumblr‚ Google+ etc. In recent times‚ people have become more accustomed to using these

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    The Effects the Media has on Teenagers James Morrison‚ an entertainer‚ states that “whoever controls the media‚ controls the brain.” Within this quote‚ Morrison implies that the media has an effect on the human brain and can affect it tremendously. The media has effects on teenagers‚ both positive and negative. The media is a vast forum of communication that permeates nearly every aspect of culture (Mokeyane). It consists of a broad spectrum of communication such as: television‚ films‚ web sites

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    past 50 years‚ mass media become part of everyone’s daily life. Because the development of technology is rapid in the world‚ from telegraph‚ radio‚ to TV‚ computer‚ mobile phone. Media makes the lives of the people at ease‚ along with Information and Communication Technologies; they produce to increase the standard of living for the people to spend time. Nowadays‚ teenagers can easier to get mass media in computer; they can through computers to know different types of mass media that they want to have

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    The Influence of Media on Obese Teenager’s Diet Introduction Media influence Food product choice is overwhelming as well as TV commercials and print advertisements that want to sell their food products to us. Who to believe? How to choose? Do you trust what is shown to you? Obviously‚ it’s up to each of us to decide what we eat but if we’re constantly bombarded with images of food every time we pick up a magazine then we’re going to be swayed in what we choose. The advertising of snack and

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