The Worlds Secret Leader
Over the years mass media has taken over the world. All of the different forms of mass media such as social media, the internet, cell phones, televisions, etc. have had a great impact on this generation. Some people may believe that mass media has only affected the world positively, which in some ways mass media has benefited society; however the different forms of mass media have created more difficulties and harm to this generation. The media is exceptionally powerful. Anyone could make up any information and put that evidence on the internet, in magazines, on news channels or any other form of mass media, and it is more than likely that people will trust the media; but nowadays, this is typical because this generation …show more content…
Arguably, within the last decade social media has become the focus of just about every young person’s world (Luxton, June, Fairall 1). Starting from Myspace, to Facebook, to Instagram, to Snapchat, and the many other social media sites, these sites can be advantageous to reconnect with old friends, or to chat with your friends; however on these social media sites, many people deal with bullying. Investigation Discovery channel had a show where this young girl was friends with a girl who lived next door. The girl never wanted to hang out with the girl that lived next door which upset her. The girl was into Facebook and was interested in meeting a guy. She met this guy and they began dating. They dated for a few months and then out of nowhere all of the girl’s classmates and her boyfriend were messaging her on Facebook and were bullying her and calling her profound words. The girl ended up committing suicide. Come to find out, she wasn’t really talking to a guy. Her next door neighbor “friend” made a fake Facebook acting like the guy, causing the innocent girl to kill herself (Pokin …show more content…
This generation can most likely be referred to as the technology or media generation; but that is not necessarily an encouraging thing. Yes, this generation is overcome with technology advances that have advanced the world tremendously, however the negative effects of the mass media outweigh the positive effects easily. Nowadays, seven year olds have cell phones and social media sites compared to a few years ago when most children did not get their first cell phone until they were young adolescents. Because of mass media, this generation has really lost the true value of life; and people don’t appreciate life like they should. “The fact is that be it television, magazines or the Internet, media is almost omnipresent, affecting various aspects of our life. The products advertised by the media, for instance, and the ways they are advertised are bound to affect the practices of the people” (Mondal 1). One way that could possibly help this generation from the mass media taking over the world could be for adolescents to have more parental guidance. Parents don’t communicate with their children well enough for some of them to understand what is safe or not; however present day, people can never trust or expect anything to be safe. However maybe parents don’t think that their children are doing anything wrong or are growing up to quick by having a phone and using social media, because the mass media
Over the years mass media has taken over the world. All of the different forms of mass media such as social media, the internet, cell phones, televisions, etc. have had a great impact on this generation. Some people may believe that mass media has only affected the world positively, which in some ways mass media has benefited society; however the different forms of mass media have created more difficulties and harm to this generation. The media is exceptionally powerful. Anyone could make up any information and put that evidence on the internet, in magazines, on news channels or any other form of mass media, and it is more than likely that people will trust the media; but nowadays, this is typical because this generation …show more content…
Arguably, within the last decade social media has become the focus of just about every young person’s world (Luxton, June, Fairall 1). Starting from Myspace, to Facebook, to Instagram, to Snapchat, and the many other social media sites, these sites can be advantageous to reconnect with old friends, or to chat with your friends; however on these social media sites, many people deal with bullying. Investigation Discovery channel had a show where this young girl was friends with a girl who lived next door. The girl never wanted to hang out with the girl that lived next door which upset her. The girl was into Facebook and was interested in meeting a guy. She met this guy and they began dating. They dated for a few months and then out of nowhere all of the girl’s classmates and her boyfriend were messaging her on Facebook and were bullying her and calling her profound words. The girl ended up committing suicide. Come to find out, she wasn’t really talking to a guy. Her next door neighbor “friend” made a fake Facebook acting like the guy, causing the innocent girl to kill herself (Pokin …show more content…
This generation can most likely be referred to as the technology or media generation; but that is not necessarily an encouraging thing. Yes, this generation is overcome with technology advances that have advanced the world tremendously, however the negative effects of the mass media outweigh the positive effects easily. Nowadays, seven year olds have cell phones and social media sites compared to a few years ago when most children did not get their first cell phone until they were young adolescents. Because of mass media, this generation has really lost the true value of life; and people don’t appreciate life like they should. “The fact is that be it television, magazines or the Internet, media is almost omnipresent, affecting various aspects of our life. The products advertised by the media, for instance, and the ways they are advertised are bound to affect the practices of the people” (Mondal 1). One way that could possibly help this generation from the mass media taking over the world could be for adolescents to have more parental guidance. Parents don’t communicate with their children well enough for some of them to understand what is safe or not; however present day, people can never trust or expect anything to be safe. However maybe parents don’t think that their children are doing anything wrong or are growing up to quick by having a phone and using social media, because the mass media