Adolescent Sexuality: Sexual Content In The Media

The article that I chose is called “Adolescent sexuality and the media”. It is based on how sexual content in the media have affected group of individuals. However, after reading the article I do agree with psychologists that sexual content on the media have affected numerous individuals. Psychologists have come with several researches to provide evidence. Media has impacted many people’s lives. I wasn’t skeptical about initially hearing the findings. Modern media is just like the game telephone, “usually, when the person at the end of the line repeats the message it has been humorously distorted” (Coon & Mitterer, 2010 p.43). First off, when you think about it, in our generation right now, too much sexual contents have been revealed of television. By people watching such content, it has affected their sexual attitudes, beliefs and behaviors (Gruber & Grube, 2000). Research has been done prior to writing the article. I find the source of information provided in the article credible. The done research on the topic and provided a list of source where information was retrieved from. “It should come as no surprise that information used to sell a product often reflects a desire for profit rather than the objective truth” (Coon & Mitterer, 2010 p.43). The authors based their information on numerous books including …show more content…
“An excellent example of oversimplification is provided by websites devoted to a video that promises to reveal the secret to unlimited joy, health, money, relationships, love, youth: everything you have ever wanted” (Coon & Mitterer, 2010 p. 44). What the article talks about is how sexual act on media affect people. It also talks about how parents should aware of what type of music they listen to and movies and commercials they watch. Many people have been involved in drugs, sexual activities and behavior due to