The media only portrays the teenagers as the bad guys regardless whether an adult was involved in that action or case; the headlines always include the word teenager. If an adult pays a teenage girl to have sex is called teenage prostitution. Or a teenage girl getting pregnant by a 20 year old male is called teenagers getting teenagers pregnant. The same concept comes in account when violence is talked about. Even though stats say something else, the media automatically portrays the teenagers as the bad guy.
She also writes some about politicians and the Juvenile Justice system. Sternheimer points to other possible reasons for the violent acts of the youth such as, the home life. While it may be that juvenile crimes have declined and personal backgrounds effect actions, it cannot be said this proves video game violence has no effect on youth. Sternheimer begins by explaining how video games violence has become a “folk devil” (204) to explain unexplainable happenings of youth shootings and this is just the one to follow the many other explanations the media and politicians have given for problem youth. She then brings up the issue of unnerving newspaper headlines such as “Bloodlust Video Games Put Kids in the Crosshairs” (205).
The Ohio Rape Trial During the Summer two high school football stars took advantage of an intoxicated female classmate, this case has drawn lots of attention because of the two teen football stars not only raped a teen classmate they also took pictures of the girl and distributed the photos throughout the school district through main stream media such as texting, YouTube, and other sites on the internet. The reaction of the onlookers such as the ones who received the nude pictures of the intoxicated teen should have helped the plaintiff in the trial to put these two teens behind bars. The rapists or the two teen football stars should’ve never had taken advantage of an intoxicated classmate like they did not only did they rape her they sent nude pictures throughout the school to classmates and the girl even later stated that the two teen
University of Phoenix | Bully Report | BSHS/325 HUMAN SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT Maria Perrotta MA MEd Doctoral Student | Danyel Davis 3/2/2014 | Gay, Nerd, Slut! These are the words that adolescents round the world hear all too often. Over the last few years bullying has become a serious problem around the world. Bullying happens when someone hurts or scares a person on purpose, and the person that is being bullied can’t defend him or herself. Bullying isn’t a one-time thing, it happens over and over.
The mainstream media portrays sex in a way that permanently scars many teens before their teens years are over. Sex is portrayed as the way to attain status and happiness in life. Sexually explicit programming and advertising is devastating to the self-esteem of teens. From Britney Spears to Christina Aguilera, teen idols are portrayed by the mainstream media as prostitutes and vixens. Teenagers learn to see people are objects to be manipulated for sexual pleasure.
Study Title The effects of exposure to sexually explicit material on the internet among South African high school learners. Review of literature The social media which consists of television, radio, and film to games, advertising, and social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter, can have significant impacts on individual and population health. Exposure to media, especially among youth, may affect health behaviours such as substance use, sexual activity, and eating habits (Peter and Valkenburg, 2011). According to Peter and Valkenburg (2011) research has found that many learners have stumbled upon sexual material, while in search of different content. In one study, 42% of adolescents reported exposure to pornography online with 46% of those
This can lead into severe and even life threatening situations as the child begins to build a relationship with the person. Some predators will work their way into gaining trust before slowly introducing sexually explicit content in the conversations while others maybe faster and upfront with sexually explicit content. Many times, predators may record or make use of conversations to blackmail or harass a child. The most common stereotype of the online predator is a middle-aged man with no job who lives alone and whose day only consists of luring young children and teenagers through the Internet. Though this may be partly true, the real statistics are interesting.
Across the vast digital world that is the Internet, children and adults can access any type of content they want with ease. We live in a world where young adolescents and children are venturing into the digital world with ambitions and hopes of seeking and finding illicit material, material that is shaping the minds of the male sex across the world. It is estimated that up to 90% of children between the ages of 12 and 18 have access to the Internet. Young people in this age bracket are not only being exposed to but they are choosing to expose themselves to digital pornography. Such exposure to illicit material such as porn has negative effects on the sexual development of children and young adults.
I believe excessive use of social media is more dangerous for young adults because the part of the brain that does the decision making is still growing and developing. Since our brains are placid they can be misused and can grow in unhealthy ways, this includes the excessive use of social media. I agree with the article that social media can cause loss of creativity because it is easy to copy someone else’s photos or style. Teens don’t have to be creative when they can look up anything they want. The problem with social media that was not mentioned in the article was the companies producing the social media.
Millennials spend most of their time on social media so they can never really escape their bullies. Unlike physical bullying which mostly happens at school and their escape can be their homes, victims to cyberbullying can never get away. Either it’s mean text messages, blackmailing, people posting personal and private photos or conversations to social media, or people commenting mean comments to people social media. There are many news articles about teenagers committing suicide because they were victims to cyberbullying, and it is only getting worse. Millennials are given this ideal image, and if they do not look like that or live up to that image they are socially excluded and bullied for it.