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Media Influence On Adolescent Behavior

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Running head: MEDIA INFLUENCE ON ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR MEDIA INFLUENCE ON ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR Student Name Institution Affiliation 1 MEDIA INFLUENCE ON ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR 2 Media Influence on Adolescent Behavior Media influence plays a crucial role in shaping a teenage behavior. When that teenager becomes aware of the media influence, they are in a better place to handle media pressure. Many parents worry about the influence media can have on their children, Sometimes, media influence could be deliberate; for instance, advertising sometimes targets children and teenagers. The advertisements make the children aware of brands and images. In other scenarios, media influence could be indirect. For example, increased sexual contents in magazines, television shows, and music videos (L.Engle et al.2006). The advertisements mostly entails sexy women with unrealistic body shapes. Other media content that entail some level of violence such as video games and song lyrics could significantly impact teenagers. The indirect materials could suggest to these teenagers the displayed scenarios are typical ways to look and behave. There exists some link between media and negative teenage behavio ...
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