February 16‚ 2013 The Effects of Growing Up In Urban High-Poverty Areas on Youth With the rising poverty levels in today’s society‚ the amount of youth that has been affected by poverty has increased substantially‚ rising more than fifty percent in the last twenty years. Studies show that there are at least nine million kids living in high-poverty areas of the United States. Children raised in poverty have no choice‚ but are forced to view the American dream in a very grim manner. For children
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social media should be part of our education system. Propenents of social media point out the benefits of social media in regards to educational tools‚ and increased student engagement‚ while critics of social networking focus on subject like privacy‚ time‚ and miscommunication. Pros of Social Networking Today’s students are increasingly using social networking as a means to communicate. According to a recent poll‚ 22 percent of teenagers log on to their favorite social media site more
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problem ‚ psychological problem ‚ slow down development of the country ‚ and alcohol consumption . These are the effects of our social problem among Malaysian youth . First of all we will discuss the escalating crime waves among our Malaysian youth . These days our Malaysian youth are involve in many crime whether its small or big . One of the most common among our youth are drug abuse . Its sad to see the future of our country the be involve with this kinds of social problems ‚ at
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16 CHAPTER 1 paradigm” (Gitlin‚ 1978)‚ more powerful‚ yet subtle effects‚ such as social control‚ manufacturing of consent‚ and reluctance to challenge the status quo‚ are unable to be studied; so they are ignored. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO STUDY MEDIA EFFECTS With all these questions about the existence and substance of media effects‚ why is it important to continue to study them? Students in introductory mass communication courses are often reminded that mass communication is functional
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increased over the years at an alarming rate and can be fatal to a person’s health. In this paper‚ I haven’t chosen to elaborate on any particular drug; just drugs in general and the effects they have on our society and our youths. A survey was conducted and showed that most people found it to be true that youths between the of 14-22 use recreational drugs. Recreational drugs are not limited to any particular group in society‚ meaning that a very wide variety of people choose to use the drugs;
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Social Media’s Effects The American Academy of Pediatrics or AAP is a journal that preserves collections‚ which hold the past record of the American Academy of Pediatrics‚ documents pediatric history‚ and reveals and validates the movement of children’s health care (Baker n.p). The association stated in 1929 at the Medical Association Section on Diseases of Children ( Baker n.p). The journal describes how it is important that parents become aware of the nature of social media sites‚ given that
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The youth of today no longer seem to spend their leisure activities like in the olden days; outdoor games or playing with toys‚ instead‚ they spend their free time in their homes‚ internet cafés or computer shops simply to satisfy their hunger; and that hunger is Online Gaming. Online gaming has such a profound impact on not only the young‚ but dynamically every age group as well. So far‚ virtually anyone is able to go on a computer and punch through
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Arms Professor Hawk English Comp II 15 April‚ 2013 The Positive Effect of Social Media Since the birth of social media people have argued whether it has a positive or negative effect on society. Social media outlets like Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and Instagram give people a chance to stay connected. Although‚ with the power of social media comes the possibility of cyber bullying. While there are some negatives associated with social media‚ the positives in communication all around‚ has made the world stronger
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Mario Velez Instructor: Alyssa Buckley English 1A Negative Effects of Social Media on Its Users Our lives seem to be more and more consumed by technology as great advances in this area have continue to be made‚ especially when it comes to social media. Many researchers have begun to notice that depending on how much time individuals spend on these social media sites‚ they can negatively affect their daily lifestyle in very significant ways. For example‚ social networking has become a huge distraction
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