Pressure on Teens

Medias military press on Teens Millions of boys and girls altogether over the U. S. get up every morning and step in preceding of their reflect to ask one question. The question crossing minds at that moment is Does this look cool? peculiarly enough, to most teens in America, they are non meeting the standard set by their peers and the press. Teens base their styles, attitudes and ideas of what they see, check and read which creates huge problems elsewhere. These problems can occur in the counselling teens treat others and the way they treat themselves.American teens and adults allow yet to look past all the flashy clothing and make-up to understand what is genuinely being sold and how it can affect people in a terribly negative way. From my implement as a teen, I have seen my peers change to fit the latest fads and understand the weak points of teenagers. I have therefore concluded, the four strongest influences on teens from the media are the correlations from fashion a nd music to self-identity, showing teens how to think, talk, and feel, the selling of images non products, and body and physical issues.For most people, adolescence was a time of truth and realization or divulgeing yourself. Well, it is near(a) to know things have not changed, because young adults these days feel the same way. But for teens today, they only find out what and who the media wants them to be. The interests of teenagers are derived from music and television. If someone hears a mob on the radio and people some them say the band is sick and way cool the soulfulness volition believe it despite whether or not the music is trash. It all gets here.The links between music and finding your place at work or in a community are so incredibly strong teens base their aspect toward life and others on them. The connection between music and finding who you are is only the tip on the huge, esteem-eating, merciless iceberg of the media. Teens find ways to deal with lifes chall enges by talking, thinking and mental picture like the TV, music and modeling stars that they hear and see everyday. The shows and programs the majority of young adults watch are found on teenagers as well. Therefore, the viewers intentionally, or unintentionally, pick up habits their star has.For example, if a boy was unawares introduced to the wonderful and inspiring music of the guitar thrashing band Metallica, he might begin to wear threatening colors such as red and black that are often featured in the bands music videos Most importantly, as it usually plays out, he would consider anyone who doesnt listen to Metallica to be a brainless idiot with no taste in music. At this point in the callownesss life, prejudice and dislike of others based on style preferences rears its head and breaks loose from it confinements.Cliques are create and members are selected and rejected. This leads to problems for those who are rejected and once again they feel they can never be as good as had been expected. Suppose someone was channel surfing and stumbled upon a machine add. The model of car that is being sold is irrelevant, but what is going on around the car is what the company is trying to sell. The person who is watching believes the advertisement is for a product when in fact it is an image that is being sold. Confusing effective? Explanations are close at hand.In the car add mentioned before (perhaps the car is a subtle Toyota Corolla) the colors are bright and vibrant a young join is sitting in the present seats of the car with their windows down, enjoying the fresh autumn air. Notice that when the voiceover is speaking of low APR financing until 2004, the young couple is smiling like there is no tomorrow. They glance each other lovingly as shadows mop up playfully over the windshield of the glittering car. This appeals to almost anyone, but for a girl who is looking for a cheap and comfortable car, this is the perfect sales pitch. Or perhaps the car is a Ford truck.already the name sticks in the viewers mind but the video clips of buff men and rugged trips to the abandon to rock climb convince them they need the truck. If the viewer cant have the product, whether it be lip-gloss, a new car, a prom dress or even a new hairstyle, their self-esteem plummets. They begin to feel they are not capable of being so cool. One must keep in mind that the companies that are advertising are not selling a product, but an image that you will get when you go for this great, once-in-a-life-time offer. The last and most dangerous result of influence by the media is bulimia and anorexia nervosa.A simple stereotype must be cleared up before this essay goes any further. If a common businessman were asked about(predicate) anorexia nervosa or bulimia, it is almost certain that he would say that it occurs only in women. What this common businessman doesnt know, along with most of Americas public, is these diseases do occur in boys and men. When strivin g to meet that ideal weight to height ratio men will fast. They will cut across to use that exercise plan they were been told was used by Arnold Schwarzenegger and eventually their body begins to feed of its own bodybuilder because it has no nutrients.Once someone gets stuck in a routine of that sort they will have upset quitting. For women, the cases are different but still maintain the idea of starving themselves to reach that slim and neat look that so many stars and models seen in magazines have. For someone who has anorexia nervosa, every time they look in the mirror they see a huge and grotesque figure staring back. They are most certainly not over weight but their brain believes what it sees. Once again, people should be taught to look past all the fraud that is flashing in front of them and make good conclusivenesss based on reality.So succeeding(prenominal) time an ad flashes onto the TV screen think of all the things really being sold and how to speak to them correc tly. To stand out in a crowd and be individual one must have a crowd and telling people they are idiots because they do not listen to Metallica is no way to attract a group. The diseases anorexia nervosa and bulimia are triggered by people wanting to be like those skinny, spindly women who strut around on cat walks showing off pieces of iridescent cloth draped about them. Why? Why would someone want to be like that? one may ask, well, the truth is that these teenagers do not know who to follow or what to do. They see the media they see companies telling them This is hot You need this to be cool and the viewers do not see what is happening to their own bodies, what is happening to others around them, what the consequences of their decision will be. If one fails to see behind the razzle and dazzle of the media they will be trapped in a cage of false faces and feelings trapped in the mad fun-house of fashion and fraud.