Negative Effects on Society

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Ms. Johnson English 10 April 4, 2012 Negative Effects of Media on Society “Bleep, bleep, bleep”, are the sounds that the media puts in the place of bad language being used. Too much of anything can be bad for you. Just think about the high chances that the shows you watch have a negative influence on you and others. In the last 50 years, the media influence has grown exponentially with the advance of technology. Television shows, newspapers, news, radio, and internet are all popular things that people can be amused and interested in. Nowadays, people especially underage children depend on TV, radios, and internet to fill up their schedule listening and looking at. However, these things can maintain negative effects in their behavior, future, and etc. The media today has a bad effect on society. The media brings upon many negative reason such as inappropriate shows or movies, violence, effect on youths, and advertising. Inappropriate shows are part of the bad influences media has on us. Programs like reality shows are the top entertainments in which youths watch that may display inappropriate content. There are many youths that watch shows such as Toddlers & Tiaras which is disturbing in many cases to young girls. It shows how the kids and moms in the pageants take desperate measures just to win and be the top. It also show how derogatory the kids are by being rude, disrespectful and disobedient towards their parents, cussing, and throwing huge temper tantrums when they can’t have their way. I believe when these young girls watch these shows that display such content how the kids act in such horrible way becomes influential that this type of behavior is acceptable. It also makes girls want what they have and be spoiled like they are. There are others like Adult Swim, Family Guy, and South Park that display inappropriate content too. Watching these shows

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