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How media affects teenagers?
Teenagers today depend on the media for information on everything; the latest gadgets, the latest fashion trend, the newest car in the market to coax their parents intobuying, the best places around the country to eat out at, or to find out what their favorite celebrity is up to. The effects of media on teenagers are incredible, where it controls the minds ofteenagers like a giant remote control. While it does have its share of pros, parents still need to approach this mammoth beast with caution.
The mainstream media portrays sex in a way that permanentlyscars many teens before their teen years are over. Sex is portrayed as the way to attain status and happiness in life. Advertisements still use sex to sell products, maybe more than ever.
Sexuallyexplicit programming and advertising is devastating to the self-esteem of teens. From Britney Spears to Cristina Aguilera, teen idols are portrayed by the mainstream media as prostitutes and vixens.Teenagers learn to see people as objects to be manipulated for sexual pleasure.
It is not surprising that some young people today act out their fantasies of sexual domination and power over others.
Younggirls are being deluged by media images of skinny models:
Girls are becoming weight conscious as young as 8 years old
80% of 9 year olds are on diets
Eating disorders have grown 400% since 1970MTV, the favorite TV of girls 11-19, regularly includes girls and women in the traditional role of sex object, as seen in features on the network and many music videos. Girls and women who areserious musicians (excluding singers) are rarely featured. Programs and videos show boys/men as sex objects much less frequently. A study shows that when men are shown in the background of a video, they aremost often fully clothed. But, when women are in the background, approximately half the time, they are dressed in ways that expose or focus on their breasts and rear ends.
A study of video games...