The media plays a role in the way adolescents live their lives at school. This is one thing I found agreeable during research. This is because most people
watch tv and media, participate in the media, and is entertained by both. In movies and tv shows teens are
portrayed a certain way, and many teens tend to imitate what
they see, and want to be who they see. In the media, advertising
clothes, certain electronic devices and etc. appeal to adolescents and
they decide what clothes is looked at as acceptable, what attitude is
acceptable to have a particular kind of status in school. In a class we answered a question, "Does the media influence us or do we influence the media?" The most likely answer is both. The same case is here, The popular act is influenced by the media, and the the media is influenced by how teens behave while under the influence of the media and peers.
This is important because to know how
teens are affected by their social status, we have to understand how
teens value a certain social status. To understand how adolescents value
their social status, we have to know what causes them to value it that
way. I agree that the media is a big cause.
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Another thing i learned in research is the Quirk theory. It states that the many traits adolescents were teased at
school for are the same traits that others will value in adult-hood. I agree with this because extreme
interest in a subject( i.e math, science, computer) "nerdy", and care for
the "little people" are traits some employees look for when they hire,
and This also applies to the good characteristic of teens who aren't
teased in school, such as a cheerful personality, or being well rounded.
This stood out in agreement with me
because it's ironic, usually the things that others didn't like about
you in school caused you to not like it either, and it worsens your
life. But when you look at it in the what will make me successful way,
it's being yourself. Many successful people had hard times as a child but being able to mature past that, and acting as themselves is what made them maintain success-fulness.
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The perspective that you agree with is clear and you explained the different aspects of media and how it affects students. However I feel like you are being a little biased or just generalizing in the whole "nerdy" people aren't popular and are the losers. I mean at my school the "popular" group were the smart students who went to class and got straight As. I just feel like that is a stereotype since that wasn't how it was at my school growing up. If the media plays such a big role in molding how people are why isn't everyone popular if everybody is mimicking the media? Just something to thing about. I think you did a good job explaining the perspective and using sources to back up your information.
ReplyDeleteI really like the approach to your inquiry question. You stated your reasoning of why you chose line of inquiry as well as the ideas and questions that led you to your question.
ReplyDeleteYour line of inquiry is broad, so some details and specifics will benefit it. Including the Quirk theory is a great way to show your depth in research, so further explanation would be beneficial.
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