Effects Of Media

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Term Paper Title	Effects Of Media
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	7.4

effects of media

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Social Issues

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effects of media

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The Effects of Media

An image, disturbing to picture, of a child’s mind and inside the child’s
mind is a schema of every concept the adolescent has ever taken in. A Nazi
swastika symbolizes an evil hatred from history, the child has learned that
prejudice is wrong. A mental picture of a young bride walking down an isle, the
child knows marriage is sacred and that the woman can take pride in her white
dress. A Coke bottle brings the sweetness of cola to the youth’s taste buds.
This person was biologically determined to be female at birth. This person now
has a role in society to play. We refer to her as female because she is not male
and there is no in between in our culture, she is female because of her physical
features. We have a schema of what a female is expected to be. She probably has
hair with length. Her features should be soft and luscious. She will not fight;
she will smell good. She isn’t impressed with extremely large spiders; she
will be impressed with beautiful flowers. She should desire to look sexy, to
dress sexily, to be sexy. Certain things are expected of her. She is to learn
the behaviors, beliefs, and values her society presents her with. Not only will
she learn those requirements but she will also learn from the environment around
her. All the information she is presented with she will accept and decide where
to put it. She will be forming her opinions, beliefs morals, behaviors and
values of her own. The average youth will watch 10,000,000 advertisements before
the age of eighteen (Hull). Reading through an average teen magazine, a teenager
can read about how to be popular, how to apply makeup, how to style hair, even
how to dress next month. The average movie is filled with advertisements just
slipped in casually. Not to mention regular tv has eight minutes of commercials
for every 22 minutes of television (Hull). I ask my audience to consider the
information received by their children and evaluate the choices of media in the
environment your children live in.

Everyone has their own set of values. Similar to fingerprints, no two sets of
values are alike. Values evolve and change depending on each individual’s
experience, age, education, culture, etc. A major influence in today’s society
is media, it is everywhere and contains an immense amount of messages. Youth in
general have become the number one target of Media. Why is this? Teens spend ...

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