It is obvious that the media influences children. ... By spending so much time under this influence, children are exposed to this sexual content as well. ... Another major contribution to this sexual influence is music videos. Many kids watch music videos, and some of these singers even become role models for the children. ... All children are influenced by what they see or hear, and because sexual content is rampant in the media, the children in this country have been forced to deal with a mature subject matter at a very young age. ...

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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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According to Charles Krauthammer, "Sex oozes from every pore of the culture and there's not a kid in the world who can avoid it." ... That movie is rated R, but little kids were in there with their parents. ... Now those kids might end up having sex when they become teenagers. ... In Kids Having Kids: A Robin Hood Foundation Special Report on the Costs of Adolescent Childbearing, researchers note, "During her first 12 years of parenthood, the average adolescent mother receives income and food stamps valued at just over $17,000 annually- Recent declines in pregnancy and birth rates, howeve...

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(http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1997/02.27/AIDSExpertsUnit.html Copyright 1998 President and Fellows of Harvard College) What people see in movies and on television is going to greatly influence what they do in life. ...

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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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