The Media And How It Influences Children
The media and how it influences children
How celebrities influence children Celebrities influence children both positively and negatively. Children look up to the people they see on the T.V., on the internet and in magazines. Young girls can feel pressured by the media to look and dress a certain way which can lower their self-esteem to a point where they become depressed and obsessed to look ‘perfect’, “The media has a profound effect on people, particularly women, and the way that they perceive themselves and their bodies. Thanks to television, the Internet, and movies, media has a strong hold on women's personal perceptions of what beauty is supposed to be.” (www.admedia.com/media-and-body-image). Young children should not feel so pressured to look a certain way as it knocks the way they see themselves and how they think others see them. This can lead to problems such as bulimia, depression and anorexia nervosa, all which boys and girls suffer from. There are many celebrities out there who children admire and aspire to be like, for example Johnny Depp, Rihanna, Kate Moss, Leonardo DiCaprio and many others. Not every celebrity out there are good role models and don’t do appropriate things. They glamorise subjects which in real life would cause you a lot of pain and problems for example drugs and alcohol. However there are other celebrities such as David Beckham, Demi Lovato and Angelina Jolie, who try and influence children into doing the right things and to love yourself for who you are.
How do fast food restaurants and films influence children?
Fast food restaurants such as McDonalds are perfect at attracting children into eating their food by using films to help promote their brand. The movie company gets money for advertising their movie so they see it as a perfect opportunity. McDonalds also use toys to attract children and try to lower the children’s prices so parents will not find it so expensive. They use mostly animation films such as Ice Age or
How celebrities influence children Celebrities influence children both positively and negatively. Children look up to the people they see on the T.V., on the internet and in magazines. Young girls can feel pressured by the media to look and dress a certain way which can lower their self-esteem to a point where they become depressed and obsessed to look ‘perfect’, “The media has a profound effect on people, particularly women, and the way that they perceive themselves and their bodies. Thanks to television, the Internet, and movies, media has a strong hold on women's personal perceptions of what beauty is supposed to be.” (www.admedia.com/media-and-body-image). Young children should not feel so pressured to look a certain way as it knocks the way they see themselves and how they think others see them. This can lead to problems such as bulimia, depression and anorexia nervosa, all which boys and girls suffer from. There are many celebrities out there who children admire and aspire to be like, for example Johnny Depp, Rihanna, Kate Moss, Leonardo DiCaprio and many others. Not every celebrity out there are good role models and don’t do appropriate things. They glamorise subjects which in real life would cause you a lot of pain and problems for example drugs and alcohol. However there are other celebrities such as David Beckham, Demi Lovato and Angelina Jolie, who try and influence children into doing the right things and to love yourself for who you are.
How do fast food restaurants and films influence children?
Fast food restaurants such as McDonalds are perfect at attracting children into eating their food by using films to help promote their brand. The movie company gets money for advertising their movie so they see it as a perfect opportunity. McDonalds also use toys to attract children and try to lower the children’s prices so parents will not find it so expensive. They use mostly animation films such as Ice Age or