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. ... It is a positive sign that some commercials and programs are taking the initiative to educate people about sex. ... Music videos, as well as some of the lyrics in music, are sexually exploitive and shouldn't be permitted. ...

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The truth is often sensationalized to win viewers or sell music. ... "Their findings estimate that four to six percent of crime can be linked to movie influence" (Bayles 29). ... Music is a powerful communication medium for adolescents, who often associate the music with such emotions as excitement, happiness, and love. ... "The Columbine school shooting has been traced to the music of Marilyn Manson whose music was said to have been played constantly by the shooters. ... Such heroes were influential in reinforcing positive values and helping build self-esteem. ...

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Also, music plays a part in sex, drugs, and violence. Society has a huge part in influencing teens. ... My secondary source found that one problem with violence is the influence form music lyrics. ... Another interviewee Shirley, declared, "Music videos show that teens have sex to be cool". ... Since media has such a great effect on how teenagers behave, hopefully it will start to portray positive images of teen actions instead of negative....

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At an early age, children are exposed to sexual references on T.V. shows, movies, Internet, music, and video games. ... The Internet can be great for lots of things but can also be a bad influence on adolescence. ... Being able to view these things exposes teens to a whole other world of sexual content, which can influence teens not always in a positive way. Today's music is full of sexual references for example in the song Candy Shop by 50 Cent, 50 Cent is making references for girl to let him have sex with her. ... This shows that an influence can help teens make the right decisions. ...

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"A lot of parents don't seem to understand that their children are being exposed to sex through rap music, videos, and television, so we need to talk to our children about what's appropriate and what's not appropriate as it relates to sexual contact "early,"" Dr. ... Paster agrees stating, "Children are being exposed to sex in a way that most parents wouldn't approve, and that's the only influence that they get. The end result is that because of a lack of role models who will reinforce a positive sense of responsibility for themselves and their sexuality, the chil...

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They watch music videos such as hip hop videos and see all these beautiful women in bikini's and hearing the men say that's the type of women they want, and of course this will bring any young girl who doesn't look like that feel unattractive. ... Young teenage girls can be easily influenced, and when they see this show and what the women are doing they feel that it is alright to sleep around with thirty different men. The media needs to start sending out positive messages to the children, whether it is on TV or in a magazine. ...

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The more they watch, the more they are influenced. ... Factors other than the characters may also influence teens. ... She is now a self-proclaimed bad girl and very sexually prevalent as evident in her "Dirrty Video- which looks more like soft-core porn than a music video. ... 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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Sex is being marketed everywhere; TV, music, and magazines and is being viewed by youth all over the world. ... 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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Teenagers in the United States are experimenting with sexual activities more and more today than ever before. 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." (Meier, 1994, p. 7). Teenagers are surrounded by some sort o...

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The first of these three is the abstinence script which views virginity as a gift, showing "the pleasures of virginity and the positive consequences for maintaining virginity.... Thus to appeal to these teens that are discovering their sexualities, advertisers, movie, television, and music producers sex up their content to catch the eyes of their target audience. In a Pediatrics article that studied sexy media matter, the team of authors Jane Brown, Kelly L'Engle, Carol Pardun, Guang Guo, Kristin Kenneavy, and Christine Jackson found that teens that were exposed to certain sexual a...

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