1. Television Show - Gossip Girl
Mass media formats such as television present social realities and encourage audiences to engage. ... In her book "Sex, Love, & Romance in the Mass Media" she discusses how media creates myths and stereotypes of sex, love, and romance and shows her readers how to recognize unhealthy media fantasies that can be hurtful to real world relationships (Galician). ... Media can function in a similar role to peer pressure by portraying these behaviors as normative. ... We simply cannot underestimate the power that media has to influence teens to drink. ... The media, exaggerations, and pe...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate