tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48139402619938676672024-03-12T20:55:51.044-07:00Media Influence on Youthmeaganlindsayxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541713104264859265noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813940261993867667.post-14912199504161232702011-05-01T19:35:00.001-07:002011-05-01T19:35:53.177-07:00Works Cited Rough Draft<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">Works cited</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Anderson, Craig. "The Influence of Media on Youth." Psychological Science in the Public Interest 4.3 (2003): 81-110. </span><date day="10" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">10 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. <http://www.psychologicalscience.org/pdf/pspi/pspi43.pdf>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Appendix 4-B. Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, n.d. </span><date day="10" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">10 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. <http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/chapter4/appendix4b.html>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Derenne, Jennifer. "Body Image, Media, and Eating Disorders." Academic Psychiatry 30.3 (2006): 257-61. </span><date day="10" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">10 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. <http://ap.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/30/3/257>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">"Girls, women, + media." Media and Women. GW+M Project, n.d. Web. </span><date day="19" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">19 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. <http://www.mediaandwomen.org/problem.html>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Gruber, Enid. "Adolescent Sexuality and the Media." Western Journal of Medicine 172.3 (2000): 210-214. </span><date day="10" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">10 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"><http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1070813/>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">McEntire, Teresa. "Studies Show Teens Sexual Behavior Influenced By Media Content." Parenting Advice. families.com, Apr 2006. </span><date day="19" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">19 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. <http://parenting.families.com/blog/studies-show-teens-sexual-behavior-influenced-by-media-content>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: 28.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">"Media Stereotyping." Media Awareness Network. Media Awareness Network, 2010. </span><date day="10" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">10 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. <http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_beauty.cfm>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: -15pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: 28.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">"Media Violence." </span><place><placename><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">National</span></placename><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><placetype><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Center</span></placetype></place><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> for Children Exposed to Violence 283.20 (2005): </span><date day="19" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">19 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. <http://www.nccev.org/violence/media.html>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: -15pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: 28.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Gilbert, Sarah. "Sex in the Media: A New Study Finds Troubling Links to Teens." <i>Daily Finance</i>. N.p., </span><date day="4" month="9" year="2010"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">4 Sep 2010</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. </span><date day="18" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">18 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. <http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/09/04/sex-in-the-media-a-new-study-finds-troubling-links-to-teens/>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: -15pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: 28.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">"Sex and Relationships in the Media." Media Issues. Media Awareness Network, 2010. </span><date day="10" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">10 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><http://www.mediaawareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_sex.cfm>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: -15pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This final project has helped my writing abilities tremendously. I found many mistakes, both grammatical and rhetorical in my rough draft. I was very appalled by the careless mistakes I failed to correct before turning in my paper. To revise my paper on <u>Media Influence on Youth</u>, I began by skimming the entire rough draft and looking for any possible mistakes I could find. After I had skimmed for grammatical mistakes, I read my entire paper very slowly, as if I were reading it with no prior recollection on the subject matter. I inserted information that I thought would be useful to the delivery of my argument so that the reader could further understand the media’s affect on the actions of young people today. The main highlights of my paper were to evoke the reader to get involved the fight against false portrayals by the media in the subject areas of body image, sexual relationships, and violence. I believe that by reading my paper, one may have a better understanding of the harsh realities of the media on young people today. My writing experiences over the course of the semester have helped me better develop my own stance and writing style. I had not taken an English course since AP English and Composition, and I was in desperate need of help with argumentative writing, which is one of my weaker areas. I also learned how to research properly. In high school, too much time was devoted on how to write a research paper, and not enough time on how to properly research and correctly cite sources. I learned how to properly make a works cited page, without the help of an online machine. I know that this course will greatly help me in the future when I am competing in the work force.</span></span></div>meaganlindsayxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541713104264859265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813940261993867667.post-34641312788450054932011-05-01T18:29:00.001-07:002011-05-01T18:29:51.310-07:00Works Cited<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Works Cited</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Academic Psychiatry 30.3 (2006): 257-61. Web. 10 Apr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">Influenced By Media Content." Parenting Advice. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">families.com, Apr 2006. Web. </span><date day="19" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">19 Apr 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt;"><br />
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</div>meaganlindsayxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541713104264859265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813940261993867667.post-70665755456089718312011-05-01T18:11:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:05.851-07:00Final Revision<div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Meagan Hall</span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">English 1200</span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Research Paper</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">: Media Influence on Youth</span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt;"><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">20 April 2011 </span></div><div class="normal"><br />
</div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Within our society</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> there are many forms of skewed information that is brought upon youth by the media</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Reality and the way young people perceive the world are greatly affected by television shows</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> music</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> movies</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> and magazines which are a popular part of our culture</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> The way generations have evolved is shocking and media is partly to blame for children’s unrealistic views of the world</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> The media has negatively influenced and changed the perspectives of body image</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> sexual relationships, and violent behaviors of youth and our society needs to take measures to stop this continuing trend</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> </span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin-bottom: 7pt; margin-right: 7pt; margin-top: 7pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">The American research group<span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders Inc</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> said that one out of every four college-aged women uses unhealthy methods of weight control—including fasting</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> skipping meals</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> excessive exercise</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> laxative abuse</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> and self-induced vomiting </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Media Awareness Network</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”).</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Also</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> eating disorders have grown 400% since 1970</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> People wonder why so many teenage girls have body image issues when the answer lies directly in front of them</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> The question to ask is why the media portrays </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">normal</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> as stick thin women</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Twenty years ago</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> the average model weighed 8% less than the average woman</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> but 2011 models weigh 23% less </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Media Awareness</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”).</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Not all women are built the same way and it is appalling how media deluges a woman’s self-concept</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> </span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin-bottom: 7pt; margin-right: 7pt; margin-top: 7pt;"><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">In colonial times<span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> women who were strong and physically fit were admired because they could contribute to the family’s survival</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> However</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> at the turn of the century</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> women became to be admired for small waists</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> The </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">normal</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> woman was sickly and suffered from frequent headaches</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Women<sup> </sup>of significant financial means would go as far as having ribs<sup> </sup>removed to further decrease their waist size</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Despite being<sup> </sup>painful and causing health problems</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> such as shortness of breath and dislocated visceral organs</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"><sup> </sup>corsets became the height of fashion </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Derenne 257-61</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">)<span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 1pt;">. </span></span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">During the 1960’s<span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> further changes took place</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Feministic ideals were introduced and women began to demand equality</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> The introduction of supermodels such as Twiggy idealized thin</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> boy like bodies</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> The trend of having a </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">stick-like</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> figure has become extremely idolized since the 1960’s and women have begun to have plastic surgery</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> forcing their bodies to replicate a </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Barbie-like</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> figure</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> whose measurements are impossible to attain</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Young girls look at celebrities and strive to look exactly like their favorite role model</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Actress Jaime Lee Curtis explained that women should know<sup> </sup>that the figures portrayed by the media are rarely real</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Granted</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"><sup> </sup>celebrities can afford to hire personal trainers and nutritionists<sup> </sup>to assist in their weight loss and conditioning endeavors</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Stylists select fetching<sup> </sup>outfits and tailors wait on standby to make sure that clothes<sup> </sup>fit like second skin </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Derenne 257-61</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">)<span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 1pt;">.</span></span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Jamie Curtis admits she has </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">very big breasts and a soft</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> fatty little tummy<sup> </sup></span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">...</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> and </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">...</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> back fat</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”.</span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Solutions to body-image issues are not easy to overcome<span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Young girls literally starve for perfection and do not realize the harm they are inflicting on their body</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> As hospitalization for anorexia continues to increase</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> the media continues to deny that they are at any fault</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> There are steps society can take to ensure that future generations are healthy and not brain-washed by this false sense of reality</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Parents and health care providers alike have a responsibility<sup> </sup>to talk with children about media messages and healthy life<sup> </sup>styles</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Also</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> the government should allocate funds to produce exciting</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"><sup> </sup>media-driven advertising campaigns to provide information to<sup> </sup>kids and families about good nutrition</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> exercise</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> and healthy<sup> </sup>self-esteem </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Derenne 257-61</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">).</span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">The media also makes it look normal for young teens to be having sex</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> when in reality it should not be so accepting</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Approximately 2/3 of television programming contains some sexual material </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">McEntire</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">). </span><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Furthermore, in 2003, David Buckingham and Sara Bragg reported that two-thirds of young people turn to media when they want to learn about sex, the same percentage of kids who ask their mothers for information and advice. </span></span><br />
<span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">If the media would tell the truth, this statistic would not be so disturbing. However, the media lies and gives out false information. In a study of both Cosmopolitan and Playboy magazines, both men and women’s magazines presented a single version of female sexuality-“women should primarily concern themselves with attracting and sexually satisfying men.” </span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">No one wants their adolescent son, and surely not their daughter, reading this kind of ludicrous information.</span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Analyses</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> of broadcast media content indicate that</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> on average</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> teenage viewers see 143 incidents of sexual behavior on network television at prime time each week</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"><sup> </sup>with portrayals of three to four times as many sexual activities occurring between unmarried partners as between spouses </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">(</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Gruber 210-214</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">)<span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 1pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1pt;"> </span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Among adolescent girls in the United States between fifteen and seventeen years of age</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> 75 per 1</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">000 become pregnant each year. This rate is two to seven times higher than rates in other industrialized nations </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Gruber 210-214</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">).</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> It has become so much of a problem that shows such as </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Sixteen and Pregnant</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> have been aired on television as reality TV shows</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> If this trend continues</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> having children during teenage years may become a normal and acceptable aspect of society</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> </span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Another consequence that many teenagers face when having sex is </span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">contracting an STD</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Most teens are not educated or do not acknowledge the growing rate of STD’s in our country</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Overall</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> 25% of sexually active teenagers and 13% of all adolescents between the ages of 13 and 19 become infected with sexually transmitted diseases each year. This represents 3 million cases or about 25% of all new cases reported annually </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Gruber 210-214</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">).</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Instead of airing shows that explicitly show sexual encounters as being normal and without negative consequences</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> the media should take further measures to show the reality of the situations</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> It is important for teens be aware of the broader picture and to understand that it is not always fun and games</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Dr</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Brown</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> a researcher at RAND Research Corporation says</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Some</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> especially those who have fewer alternative sources of sexual norms</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> such as parents or friends</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> may use the media as a kind of sexual super peer that encourages them to be sexually active</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">...</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Teens are defaulting to entertainment media for sexual information because they aren't getting this information in other places</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.”</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Unfortunately</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> the media aren't the best sex educators</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> The media tends to leave out the crucial three C's: commitment</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> contraception and consequences</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.”</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Of the roughly 14</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">0000 references to sex a teen would see on TV each year</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> only 165 will include any reference to abstinence or delay of sex</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> birth control</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> risk of pregnancy</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> or sexually transmitted disease </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Media and Women</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”)<span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 1pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Futhermore</span>,</span></span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> the media often portrays women as sex objects</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 1pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> <span style="color: #333333;">When young women aspire to act just like their "role models" this portrayal can cause promiscuity among the young adolescent, which may lead to further problems such as pregnancy or an unfavorable reputation. </span></span><a href="https://ch1prd0102.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=5d8a47486ce640cca429c328357fed7e&URL=https%3a%2f%2fch1prd0102.outlook.com%2fowa%2fredir.aspx%3fC%3db0c497f379ff4d93a6c4cf75f8af393b%26URL%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.mtv.com" target="_blank"><span class="hyperlink____char1__Char"><span class="hyperlink____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">MTV</span></span></a><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> a favorite TV show of girls 11-19</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> regularly includes girls and women in the traditional role of a sex object</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> as seen in features on the network and many music videos </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">(“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Media and Women</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">”).</span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Reality television is not helping whatsoever. Shows such as the Bachelor and Temptation Island give false presumptions and should not be watched by adolescents. A study of college students by the AAP indicated that viewing reality television shows “correlated with beliefs in a double standard - that men are sex drive and men and women are sexual adversaries” (Gilbert). Large majorities of the population who watch reality television are not yet sexually active and reality television can have harmful effects on an inexperienced mind. </span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Sex in the media is also very cynical and demeaning. </span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Kilbourne argues that ads imply that women don’t really mean ‘no’ when they say it. Fetish, a perfume, exemplifies this statement. The ad’s copy reads: "Apply generously to your neck so he can smell the scent as you shake your head 'no’." The obvious implication here is, "he’ll understand that you don’t really mean it and he can respond to the scent like any other animal” (Media Issues”)<span class="normal__Char" style="letter-spacing: 1pt;">. </span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin-bottom: 7pt; margin-right: 7pt; margin-top: 7pt; text-indent: 35pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Th</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">e media also makes violence seem inconsequential and a normal part of everyday life</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> On television</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> perpetrators go unpunished 73% of the time</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> This gives the message that violence is a successful method of resolving conflicts</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Also</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> only 16% of all broadcast programs show the long-term negative effects of violence</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> This teaches youth that they can take any actions of violence and ultimately get away without any sort of punishment</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> It </span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">causes emotional desensitization</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> which refers to a reduction in distress related physiological reactivity to observations or thoughts of violence </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">Anderson 81-110</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">).</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> The </span><a href="https://ch1prd0102.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=5d8a47486ce640cca429c328357fed7e&URL=https%3a%2f%2fch1prd0102.outlook.com%2fowa%2fredir.aspx%3fC%3db0c497f379ff4d93a6c4cf75f8af393b%26URL%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.aap.org%252fadvocacy%252fchildhealthmonth%252fmedia.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Hyperlink__Char"><span class="Hyperlink__Char" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">American Academy of Pediatrics</span></span></a><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> reports that by age 18</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> the average American child will have viewed about 200</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">000 acts of violence on television alone </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(“</span></span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">National Center for Children Exposed to Violence</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”).</span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Some studies have focused on how media vio</span><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">lence affects aggressive thinking, including beliefs and attitudes. Other studies have focused on the effects of media violence on aggressive emotions—that is, on emotional reactions such as anger, that are related to aggressive behavior (Appendix 4-B). </span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">If a young child is exposed to this violent thinking from television and does not understand the consequences of aggressive actions or has never been taught that violence is wrong they may think that violence is normal.</span></div><div class="Normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 27pt;"><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">Observational learning through the media can have many negative effects on children<span class="normal____char1__Char" style="font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span></span><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Children imitate what they see from a very young age</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333;">and form their beliefs and attitudes according to their observations. If a child views violent media, he or she may act accordingly and portray themselves in the same manner. Nonetheless, </span></span><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">this same process could explain how pro social behavior depicted in the media might encourage positive behavior in children (Appendix 4-B).</span></div><div class="Normal" style="line-height: 24pt; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">There are</span><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> restrictions that can take place in order to halt children’s exposure to violence in the media</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> Television and movie rating systems can help guide parents about the content of programming</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> and screening software</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">,</span></span><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> or v-chips can be used to prevent children from watching television programs that parents may deem inappropriate </span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">(“</span></span><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">National Center for Children Exposed to Violence</span><span class="normal____char1__Char"><span class="normal____char1__Char" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt;">”).</span></span><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333;"> However, parents must become involved for this to work.</span><br />
<span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Media’s messages are almost impossible to completely avoid. Millions of dollars are spent on advertisements each year and sexually provoking movies a</span><span class="Normal__Char" style="color: #333333;">nd TV shows have been around for decades. However, there are ways we can prevent our youth from becoming too engaged in this ‘media world’. Political Campaigns, parental supervision, and increasing youth-targeted television shows can aid in preventing the negative consequences associated with the media’s unrealistic view on sex, violence, and body-type. Every parent wants their child to grow up to respect themselves and others, and to be aware that the decisions and actions they make have consequences. Media’s delusions about reality and the desensitization of children’s reactions has become too much of a problem to ignore any longer. Our society needs to step up to the plate and intervene. </span></div><div class="normal"><br />
</div>meaganlindsayxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541713104264859265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813940261993867667.post-51836093783225347442011-05-01T15:57:00.001-07:002011-05-01T15:57:58.618-07:00Rough Draft<div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Meagan Hall</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">English 1200</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Research Paper</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">: Media Influence on Youth</span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><date day="20" month="4" year="2011"><span style="color: #333333;">20 April 2011</span></date><span style="color: #333333;"></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333;">Within our society</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> there are many forms of skewed information that is brought upon youth by the media</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Reality and the way youth perceives the world are greatly affected by the television shows</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> music</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> movies</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> and magazines are very much a popular part of our culture</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> The way generations have evolved is shocking</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> and media is partly to blame for children’s unrealistic ideals of the world</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> The media has negatively influenced and changed the perspectives of body image</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> sexual relationships, and violent behaviors of youth and our society needs to take measures to stop this continuing trend</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7pt 7pt 7pt 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">The American research group</span></span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Inc</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> said that one out of every four college-aged women uses unhealthy methods of weight control—including fasting</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> skipping meals</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> excessive exercise</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> laxative abuse</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> and self-induced vomiting </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Media Awareness Network</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”).</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Also</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> eating disorders have grown 400% since 1970</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> People wonder why so many teenage girls have body image issues when the answer lies directly in front of them</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> The question to ask is why the media portrays </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">normal</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> as stick thin women</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Twenty years ago</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> the average model weight 8% less than the average women</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> but today’s models weight 23% less </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Media Awareness</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”).</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Not all women are built in the same way</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> and it is appalling how media deluges women’s self-concept</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">In colonial times</span></span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> women who were strong and physically fit were admired because they could contribute to the family’s survival</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> However</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> at the turn of the century</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> women became to be admired for small waists</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> The </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">normal</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> woman was sickly and suffered from frequent headaches</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Women<sup> </sup>of significant financial means would go as far as having ribs<sup> </sup>removed to further decrease their waist size</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Despite being<sup> </sup>painful and causing health problems</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> such as shortness of breath and dislocated visceral organs</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><sup><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></sup><span style="color: #333333;">corsets became the height of fashion </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Derenne 257-61</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">)<span style="letter-spacing: 1pt;">.</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;"> During the 1960’s</span></span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> further changes took place</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Feministic ideals were introduced and women began to demand equality</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> The introduction of supermodels such as Twiggy idealized thin</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> boy like bodies</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> The trend of having a </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">stick-like</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> figure has become extremely idolized since the 1960’s and women have began to have plastic surgery</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> forcing their bodies to replicate a </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Barbie-like</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> figure</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> whose measurements are impossible to attain</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Young girls look at celebrities and strive to look exactly like their favorite role model</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Actress Jaime Lee Curtis explained that women should know<sup> </sup>that the figures portrayed by the media are rarely real</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Granted</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><sup><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></sup><span style="color: #333333;">celebrities can afford to hire personal trainers and nutritionists<sup> </sup>to assist in their weight loss endeavors</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Stylists select fetching<sup> </sup>outfits and tailors wait on standby to make sure that clothes<sup> </sup>fit like second skin </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Derenne 257-61</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">)<span style="letter-spacing: 1pt;">.</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Jamie admits she has </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">“...</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> very big breasts and a soft</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> fatty little tummy<sup> </sup></span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">...</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> and </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">...</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> back fat</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">)”.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Solutions to body-image issues are not easy to overcome</span></span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Young girls literally starve for perfection and do not realize the harm they are inflicting on their body</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> As hospitalization for anorexia continues to increase</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> the media continues to deny that they are at any fault</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> There are steps society can take to ensure that generations to come are healthy and not brain-washed by this false sense of reality</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Parents and health care providers alike have a responsibility<sup> </sup>to talk with children about media messages and healthy life<sup> </sup>styles</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Also</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> the government the government needs to allocate funds to produce exciting</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><sup><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></sup><span style="color: #333333;">media-driven advertising campaigns to provide information to<sup> </sup>kids and families about good nutrition</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> exercise</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> and healthy<sup> </sup>self-esteem </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Derenne 257-61</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">).</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333;">The media also makes it look normal for young teens to be having sex</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> when in reality it should not be so accepting</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Approximately 2/3 of television programming contains some sexual material </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">McEntire</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">). </span><span style="color: #333333;">Furthermore, in 2003, David Buckingham and Sara Bragg reported that two-thirds of young people turn to media when they want to learn about sex-the same percentage of kids who ask their mothers for information and advice (). If the media would tell the truth, this statistic would not be so disturbing. However, the media lies and gives out false information. In a study of both Cosmopolitan and Playboy magazines, both men and women’s magazines presented a single version of female sexuality-“women should primarily concern themselves with attracting and sexually satisfying men.” </span></span><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #333333; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">No one wants their adolescent son, and surely not their daughter reading this kind of ludicrous information.</span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #333333; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Analyses</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> of broadcast media content indicate that<span class="normalchar1">,</span> on average<span class="normalchar1">,</span> teenage viewers see 143 incidents of sexual behavior on network television at prime time each week<span class="normalchar1">,</span><sup> </sup>with portrayals of three to four times as many sexual activities occurring between unmarried partners as between spouses <span class="normalchar1">(</span>Gruber 210-214</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">)<span style="letter-spacing: 1pt;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Among adolescent girls in the United States aged between fifteen and seventeen years of age</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> 75 per 1</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">000 become pregnant each year</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> a rate two to seven times higher than rates in other industrialized nations </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Gruber 210-214</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">).</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> It has become so much of a problem that shows such as </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Sixteen and Pregnant</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> have been aired on television as reality TV shows</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> If this trend continues</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> having children during teenage years may become a normal and acceptable aspect of society</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Another consequence that many teenagers face when having sex is </span></span><span style="color: #333333;">contracting an STD</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Most teens are not educated or do not acknowledge the growing rate of STD’s in our country</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Overall</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> 25% of sexually active teenagers and 13% of all adolescents between the ages of 13 and 19 become infected with sexually transmitted diseases each year</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> representing 3 million cases or about 25% of all new cases reported annually </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Gruber 210-214</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">).</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Instead of airing shows that explicitly show sexual encounters as being normal and without negative consequences</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> the media should take further measures to show the reality of the situations</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> It is important for teens be aware of the broader picture and to understand that it is not always fun and games</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Dr</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Brown</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> a researcher at RAND</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> a research corporation</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> says</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Some</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> especially those who have fewer alternative sources of sexual norms</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> such as parents or friends</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> may use the media as a kind of sexual super peer that encourages them to be sexually active</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">...</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Teens are defaulting to entertainment media for sexual information because they aren't getting this information in other places</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Unfortunately</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> the media aren't the best sex educators</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> The media tend to leave out the crucial three C's: commitment</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> contraception and consequences</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.”</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Of the roughly 14</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">0000 references to sex a teen would see on TV each year</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> only 165 will include any reference to abstinence or delay of sex</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> birth control</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> risk of pregnancy</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> or sexually transmitted disease </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">Media and Women</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”)<span style="letter-spacing: 1pt;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Also</span></span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> the media often portrays women as sex objects</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 1pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> This can cause young females to become accustomed to the idea that they should act like their </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">“</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">role models</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> on TV</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> <a href="https://ch1prd0102.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=b0c497f379ff4d93a6c4cf75f8af393b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mtv.com" target="_blank"><span class="hyperlinkchar1"><span style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">MTV</span></span></a></span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> the favorite TV show of girls 11-19</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> regularly includes girls and women in the traditional role of sex object</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> as seen in features on the network and many music videos <span class="normalchar1">(“</span>Media and Women<span class="normalchar1">”).</span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Reality television is not helping whatsoever. Shows such as the Bachelor and </span></span><place><placename><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Temptation</span></span></placename><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><placetype><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Island</span></span></placetype></place><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;"> give false presumptions and should not be watched by adolescents. A study of college students by the AAP indicated that viewing reality television shows “correlated with beliefs in a double standard-that men are sex drive and men and women are sexual adversaries” (Gilbert). Large majorities of the population who watch reality television are not yet sexually active and reality television can have harmful effects on an inexperienced mind. </span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Sex in the media is also very cynical and demeaning. </span></span><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #333333; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">Kilbourne argues that ads imply that women don’t really mean ‘no’ when they say it. Fetish, a perfume, exemplifies this statement. The ad’s copy reads: "Apply generously to your neck so he can smell the scent as you shake your head 'no.'" The obvious implication here is, "he’ll understand that you don’t really mean it and he can respond to the scent like any other animal” (Media Issues”)</span><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 1.5pt;">. </span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7pt 7pt 7pt 0in; text-indent: 35pt;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Th</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">e media also makes violence seem inconsequential and a normal part of everyday life</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> On television</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> perpetrators go unpunished 73% of the time</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> This gives the message that violence is a successful method of resolving conflicts</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Also</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> only 16% of all broadcast programs show the long-term negative effects of violence</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> This teaches youth that they can take any actions of violence and ultimately get away without any sort of punishment</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Also</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> it causes emotional desensitization</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> which refers to a reduction in distress-related physiological reactivity to observations or thoughts of violence </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(</span></span><city><place><span style="color: #333333;">Anderson</span></place></city><span style="color: #333333;"> 81-110</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">).</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> The <a href="https://ch1prd0102.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=b0c497f379ff4d93a6c4cf75f8af393b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aap.org%2fadvocacy%2fchildhealthmonth%2fmedia.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">American Academy of Pediatrics</span></a> reports that by age 18</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> the average American child will have viewed about 200</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">000 acts of violence on television alone </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(“</span></span><place><placename><span style="color: #333333;">National</span></placename><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><placetype><span style="color: #333333;">Center</span></placetype></place><span style="color: #333333;"> for Children Exposed to Violence</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”).</span></span></div><div class="normal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7pt; text-indent: 28pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">Some studies have focused on how media violence affects aggressive thinking, including beliefs and attitudes. Other studies have focused on the effects of media violence on aggressive emotions—that is, on emotional reactions, such as anger, that are related to aggressive behavior (Appendix 4-B). If a young child is exposed to this violent thinking from television and does not understand the consequences of aggressive actions or has never been taught that violence is wrong they may think that violence is normal.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: 27.5pt;"><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333;">Observational learning through the media can have many negative effects on children</span></span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Children imitate what they see from a very young age</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">and form their beliefs and attitudes according to their observations. If a child views violent media, he or she may act accordingly and portray themselves in the same manner. Nonetheless, </span></span><span style="color: #333333;">this same process could explain how pro social behavior depicted in the media might encourage positive behavior in children (Appendix 4-B).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: 28.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">There are restrictions that can take place in order to halt children’s exposure to violence in the media</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> Television and movie rating systems can help guide parents about the content of programming</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> and screening software</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> or v-chips can be used to prevent children from watching television programs that parents may deem inappropriate </span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(“</span></span><place><placename><span style="color: #333333;">National</span></placename><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><placetype><span style="color: #333333;">Center</span></placetype></place><span style="color: #333333;"> for Children Exposed to Violence</span><span class="normalchar1"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">”).</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 7.5pt; text-indent: 28.5pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">Media’s messages are almost impossible to completely avoid. Millions of dollars are spent on advertisements each year and sexually provoking movies and TV shows have been around for decades. However, there are ways we can prevent our youth from becoming too engaged in this ‘media world’. Political Campaigns, parental supervision, and increasing youth-targeted television shows can aid in preventing the negative consequences associated with the media’s unrealistic view on sex, violence, and body-type. Every parent wants their child to grow up to respect themselves and others, and to be aware that the decisions and actions they make have consequences. Media’s delusions about reality and the desensitization of children’s reactions has become too much of a problem to ignore any longer. Our society needs to step up to the plate and intervene.</span></div><div class="normal" style="margin: 7pt 0in;"><br />
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