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.Certain teen programs rather than teaching teens about real life issues, or morality, raise dramatic ambitions in teen ego.(Baurlein, 72). In movies, TV shows and amongst peers you see the most "popular" teen portrayed a certain way and behaving certain way, and many teens
tend to imitate 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.
To know how
teens are affected by their social status, it is important 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.
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.(Robbins 6) 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.
