Media has always had negative impact on people since it was created. Violence,
vulgar wordson tv and video games was always a factor in adolescent behavior. I
believe media has the most impact on young teenage girls.
The project that showed negative impacts on girls in the rotunda had some great points. Even when we were little we were exposed to Barbie dolls that had the perfect figure. We always
wanted to look like them and as time proceeded models on tv are what we
perceived as the ideal look. 42% of Girls that are between ages 6-10 wish they
were skinner. Anorexia used to fall under ages 13-17 but now it's gotten to ages
9-12. As technology increased the ages of anorexia decreased.
Also, media has portrayed a disturbing way of life for young girls. 16 and pregnant is a show
about irresponsible 16 year olds who are having kids and living the life as a
reality star. Back in 2009 when the show was created an astonishing 410,000
girls were having kids at the age of 16 which was the highest rate ever.
This project really affected me being that I've experience life as a teenager
clearly. The pressure it is to be pretty and to impress other is agonizing. All
tv shows have pretty skinny girls and after awhile it gets in your head.
Though I've never watched 16 and pregnant I always knew that is was a bad
show because it glorified teen pregnancy. That is a very difficult life to live
and no teenagers show have to go through it. But, the media keeps showing it
even though they know the negative impacts it has.
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