MTV, a popular cable network, has been telling kids what is cool for years. The station and its producers give the teenagers music to listen to, celebrities to worship, the style and fashion, the way to talk, and just about every regulation ... , and advertisements contribute to the style that is today's adolescence. Coincidentally, high powered executive adults are in charge all of these sources and therefore, adults are telling kids what is cool, which is the contrary of what all teens are desire. Kids rush to the mall to purchase the latest "trends" only to be oblivious to the truth behind...

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MTV, a popular cable network, has been telling kids what is cool for years. The station and its producers give the teenagers music to listen to, celebrities to worship, the style and fashion, the way to talk, and just about every regulation ... , and advertisements contribute to the style that is today's adolescence. Coincidentally, high powered executive adults are in charge all of these sources and therefore, adults are telling kids what is cool, which is the contrary of what all teens are desire. Kids rush to the mall to purchase the latest "trends" only to be oblivious to the truth behind...

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... in music for various reasons that pertain to that individual, some just like to listen to music, they can relate to the lyrics and others use music for an escape. What ever the reasons music happens to capture the personality of the listener and can alter ones" ... and suicide. "Look mami I got the X if you into taking drugs" this statement by 50 Cent in Get Rich or Die Trying album, his lyrics can cause curiosity in experimenting with ecstasy and other drugs. All of which steer the adolescents toward a state of failure. Adolescents cognitive, social and physical levels ... behind thei...

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... ', so to speak, when their actions are met with consequences. In speaking with teenagers about pregnancy through means of sex education in schools, Mack notes that many girls "think it's cool to get pregnant. It's a grown-up thing to do" (1997). For girls of this age to regard pregnancy and the raising of a child as ... "cool" shows that: "adolescents simply lack the developmental capacity and maturity to engage in the rational decision making process required for effective contraceptive use" (Mack, 1997). It is also believed that: ... ...

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... their taking up the habit, with more than three-fourths of those found to smoke introduced to the habit by friends. Parental smoking came in a close second. Males cited cool advertisements and "cool" action film actors and sports figures who they had seen smoking as their third majormost influence in their decision to smoke, black males as well as whites. Girls cited ... ...

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... friends. It ranges from the tiniest matter of name-calling and teasing, to the most extreme cases, whereby a teen is put under pressure to engage in activities that are deemed "cool" and risky, like drinking or smoking. In their teenage years, youths consider appearance to be an important element. They feel a great need to be accepted socially, and to know they ... superiority because of the risky activities they engage in. Thus few youths live up to their standards in fear of alienation from friends. In an attempt to make themselves appear "cool", or in their bid to gain popularity, fa...

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... trying to distort their physical images to match those presented by the critical media. Certain TV stations such as MTV constantly brainwash teenagers into believing that in order to be "cool" and "accepted", you must fit a stereotypical image that usually involves a stick-thin figure, impeccable make-up skills, and phenomenal abilities on the dance floor. Of course, the proper attire is ... ...

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... . From home to school, in the malls, in the theaters, and almost everywhere else that teenagers mostly frequent, it will be seen that sex is always been advertised as the cool thing. Take for instance the school, the coolest or the most "hype" boys and girls any given school are those who openly express their sexuality, for example the cheerleaders who ... ...

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... for 30 years, was clearly targeting adolescent and teenage children. It showed an attractive cartoon character in a wide variety of entertaining, exciting and attractive situations, with a message that "smoking is cool". This company has learned since that they could not continue to target gullible young people, to entice them into taking up a habit that is life threatening. Their unethical campaigns were ... ...

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... negatively, in order to demean the person through the meaning of the word itself. To accuse someone of being gay is to label them an outcast, or to be "un-cool". Being the social creatures that we are, becoming labeled an outcast is not uplifting. At this point, fear is a large factor in the life of the adolescent. Most are horrified ... ...

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... . From home to school, in the malls, in the theaters, and almost everywhere else that teenagers mostly frequent, it will be seen that sex is always been advertised as the cool thing. Take for instance the school, the coolest or the most "hype" boys and girls any given school are those who openly express their sexuality, for example the cheerleaders who ... ...

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... and do stuff with." Discussion Adolescents are obsessed with their looks and they are expected to do that because it is through these symbols, wearing the right clothes and having cool sunglasses, that their identities are formed. Adolescents are expected to view self-esteem as crucial; after all, it plays a big role in their quest for identity. As teenagers begin their ... ...

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