Negative Effects of the Media

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Most of us could agree that the media has a large impact on our daily lives. What we see & hear on TV, the internet and the radio incorporates all throughout the world, and has strongly developed by new sources of technology and so on. Not only has the technology changed, but what is broadcasted to the world has also changed. We are a generation of people consumed by internet, TV, cell phone usage and so on. Everyone is expected to live by certain standards. It’s safe to say that most people believe what they see on the media as what is now socially acceptable. It’s crazy to think that within 60 years, we go from seeing married couples on TV not even sleeping in the same bed, to wild young partiers in bed with multiple partners. The media can have a large impact on you based on how much you pay attention to it. Young girls will take drastic measures to be like the girls that they see on TV. The media also contains a lot of violence, which can influence bad behavior. Even though there are many negatives the media brings into our lives, it cannot be forgotten that the media does keep us informed on important things we need to know. With all that being said, I believe that the media has mostly had a negative impact among people, especially young people all around the world. How much of an impact that the media has on everyone could be considered by how much time people spend watching TV and on the internet. What you spend most of your day doing tends to take up the majority of your thoughts. Once you get sucked into the computer and TV you basically become a zombie. According to an article written by Chris Rohrs, the average American household spends 8 hours and 21 minutes per day in front of the television. (Rohrs) From this we know that almost one third of the day is taken up by what is viewed as socially acceptable now for our generation. The good old radio
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