In the society in which we live today the perception of beauty is altered and influenced by a strong media force that highlights young, thin, and sexually appealing women. This touches upon a rather new and ongoing debate: Does the media's modern day depictions of beautiful women influence what our society perceives to be beautiful in a positive or negative way. ... For example, a teenage girl flipping through the pages of Glamour magazine would probably never say she wishes she looked like her middle aged, average sized mother after three kids, but more like one of the models on the cov...

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Laurie's story is one of many that illustrate the pages of Meg Meeker's "Epidemic: How Teen Sex is Killing Our Kids."" ... By applying the social learning theory and other similar theories to this problem, they have determined that television is acting like an older sibling; kids learn by imitation. The more they watch, the more they are influenced. ... Factors other than the characters may also influence teens. ... Sex is often depicted as a casual act of two (or more) people that may influence viewers to accept the idea of "one night stands- without hesitation. ...

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Exposure to pornography and substance abuse are noted to be predisposing factors, however, they are more likely to be classified as dis-inhibitors than causal influences (Hunter, 1999, Juveniles Who Have Sexually Offended, n.d., Van et al., 2007). ...

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Though it may not be intentional, viewers of television or readers of books can be influenced and manipulated by mass media's depiction of relationships. ... In addition to influencing relationships, media's portrayal of underage drinking and partying can have a similar negative influence on a young viewer who is just beginning to explore these subjects. ... We simply cannot underestimate the power that media has to influence teens to drink. Gossip Girl is a prime example of the type of media that can influence young minds in a negative way. ... But if you look deeper in Gossip Gi...

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Sex education can offer statistics on diseases, pregnancies, and serious untreatable viruses such as HIV, will allow these kids to see that there is more to sex than just the act itself. ... Abstinent only programs teach the youth that waiting for sex is a positive and healthy way to live their lives as well as showing ways to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drugs have a negative influence and can deter one from the goal of being abstinent. ...

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Teens are exposed to media almost all the time, every day, and even if a teenager is not watching a marathon of dramas per say, the amount of sexual material that is in these programs and movies still acts as an influence to teenagers. ...

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