Discuss some issue of personal, local, or national concern& its importance
The influence of media is one of main concern that teenagers face everyday. With technology developing at a much faster rate, young teenagers are gaining a negative perspective. Even though media like magazines, television, or internet is to broad our mind and gain new information for our advantage, but the present media has gone too far. Media, which suppose to communicate people with influence, have controlled our mind in negative ways that affect people's life majorly.
A common media pressure to be extremely skinny has been a major negative influence. Magazines can increase their advertisement sales by showing images of slim model that catches the readers with interest. But for some people, that interest is not influenced by the product but by the slim image of the female model. Despite of have serious medical conditions such as anorexia, teenagers would do anything that makes them look attractive. Being healthy and satisfied has been altered into being skinny which corrupts the true definition of youth and beauty. Far worse, advertisement has taken this influence as an advantage to increase their market with promotion of being unhealthily skinny. Products like diet pills have made teenagers feeling much more depressed and dissatisfied with their body, despite how much skinny they have gotten. Oneself can stop the impact of media has to their life, but the society seem to force them to act. By one's transformation in to what others think as attractive, he or she may continue to be more influenced.
To be influenced by the media, there must be someone that influences him or her. The reason why many famous celebrities are paid more is because many of his or her admirers are willing to act or dress similar to how the celebrities do. The more the magazines cover pictures of celebrities and what they wore, the more the people will pay for the exact same clothes. Media work as a manipulator that forces one to act or dress in a way that he or she wants appeal to others and feel beautiful of their new appearance. Even more extreme, people would name or have number of child exactly the same with their favorite celebrities did.
Media has altered foundation of our thinking, and how we should present ourselves.
So far as what the media is doing, influencing people in negative way, they do not care how people are affected. Our identity is commercialized with everyone acting in a same way. I mean, would you jump off a bridge if every else jumped off too? Can we control our incentives?
*Thanks!*
The influence of media is one of main concern that teenagers face everyday. With technology developing at a much faster rate, young teenagers are gaining a negative perspective. Even though media like magazines, television, or internet is to broad our mind and gain new information for our advantage, but the present media has gone too far. Media, which suppose to communicate people with influence, have controlled our mind in negative ways that affect people's life majorly.
A common media pressure to be extremely skinny has been a major negative influence. Magazines can increase their advertisement sales by showing images of slim model that catches the readers with interest. But for some people, that interest is not influenced by the product but by the slim image of the female model. Despite of have serious medical conditions such as anorexia, teenagers would do anything that makes them look attractive. Being healthy and satisfied has been altered into being skinny which corrupts the true definition of youth and beauty. Far worse, advertisement has taken this influence as an advantage to increase their market with promotion of being unhealthily skinny. Products like diet pills have made teenagers feeling much more depressed and dissatisfied with their body, despite how much skinny they have gotten. Oneself can stop the impact of media has to their life, but the society seem to force them to act. By one's transformation in to what others think as attractive, he or she may continue to be more influenced.
To be influenced by the media, there must be someone that influences him or her. The reason why many famous celebrities are paid more is because many of his or her admirers are willing to act or dress similar to how the celebrities do. The more the magazines cover pictures of celebrities and what they wore, the more the people will pay for the exact same clothes. Media work as a manipulator that forces one to act or dress in a way that he or she wants appeal to others and feel beautiful of their new appearance. Even more extreme, people would name or have number of child exactly the same with their favorite celebrities did.
Media has altered foundation of our thinking, and how we should present ourselves.
So far as what the media is doing, influencing people in negative way, they do not care how people are affected. Our identity is commercialized with everyone acting in a same way. I mean, would you jump off a bridge if every else jumped off too? Can we control our incentives?
*Thanks!*
