The Effect Of Media On My Generation

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The Effect Of Media On My Generation What has happened between people from 50 years ago and my generation? Have we forgotten our morals and values? Have we lost contact with the reality? The previous generation were much less impacted by the effects of media. Nowadays it is inevitable not to be under the influence of the media. The media portrays many negative impacts on my generation today.Such negative impacts include, body image, distractions caused by the video games and TV, last but not least the misunderstanding of the world image. The media conveys negative body images on adolescents almost at every instance; The impact is greatly visible in the female sex. We see and hear every day about young children going on hard diets just to get "THE LOOK". How many women do you know who think there bodies are just fine the way they are? The sad fact is that we live in a world in which it has become normal for women to dislike there bodies."A review of 10 655 721 death records registered with the National Centre of Health Statistics conducted between 1980 and 1990 found that the medium age of death for women with anorexia was 69 and for men 80." Anorexia is the name given to extreme thinness that is brought about by self starvation. The media brings up these images about the perfect look from when we are children. The barbie dolls and the ballet classes for eight year olds, are examples which would make them thinking of there body size, and shape so soon.Anorexia is usually seen in females between 10-30. it is 8 to 10 times more common among females than males. As a result people with anorexia and body image problems feel ashamed and keep their secret. They may think that others will consider them vain or superficial. Media also causes many different distractions in everyday activities. for instance the completion of homework is greatly disturbed

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