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Genre Analysis

Media Influence on Youth

            The media entertainment has been a part of our lives for many years now. Most people fail to realize how much it influences our everyday lives simply because we become so involved in what is happening. Many would argue that television does not change their way of thought about certain things when in reality media could influence the way you think about your figure, your health, your personality, your music, etc. One of the articles that will be discussed throughout this analysis is “Media Influence on Youth” it is an article in which was retrieved from a database called crisisconnection.org. This article will be introduced throughout the analysis to inform the reader about the media influencing teenagers.This article gives several facts about different types of body images that are perceived because of television as well as, sex, and violence. The second genre “How the Media Affects Teens & Young Adults” is a website that discusses different ways that media can influence teenagers and young adults. This website will also help the reader understand why it is important to know about media influence. It was published in October of 2013 and was written by Julia Ransohoff. At the end of this analysis the reader will be able to understand the purpose of each genre and will attain a little more knowledge about the topic itself.

Audience and Purpose

            The intended audience and discourse community for the first genre, “Media Influence on Youth” would be teenagers that are researching about the topic itself for a class assignment as well as teenagers who are interested in the topic because they know of someone who might be suffering from a given situation regarding the topic. Reason why these discourse communities are the intended audience is because teenagers are the most affected by the media and are the main target that will help make a change in the media influencing them. For example in this genre the publisher is explaining how 27% of girls believe they should have a perfect body because of shows like Victoria Secret. This is important because there have been many cases in the past that discuss young teenage girls suffering from leukemia and are not well informed about the topic.  The purpose for this particular article is to inform others about the different ways that media influences someone’s life. This article talks about five different ways the media influences young adult’s lives. In each paragraph the publisher talks about a different way that teenagers are influenced and gives informative information to catch people’s attention and try to spread the word about the topic. The audience ties into the purpose because parents do not realize they expose their own children to these things when they purchase electronic devices to keep them from misbehaving. The audience is likely to know the basic media influences on teenagers in this article like the ones that talk about girls suffering from depression because they want to have a perfect body. This article is not trying to encourage general awareness it is simply giving facts about ways that young teenagers fall into these different beliefs due to the amount of television they watch. The estimated time that the reader will spend reading this article could take up to no more than fifteen minutes because everything is presented in order and really depends on how much interest the audience will really have for this topic. The language itself is presented in a very formal manner because throughout the article each paragraph is separated in bold letters and is discussed in detail. Throughout the article you will see letters in blue meaning you can click on the word and it will navigate you to a website similar to the topic helping the audience gain more knowledge about the topic. There are really no specialized vocabulary words throughout the article other than the bullet points about body image, violence, and sex.  

             The second genre’s “How the Media Affects Teens & Young Adults” audience and discourse community are also people who are interested in the topic but the main reason why this website was published was because it is actually an organization that gives information regarding the topic and gives the audience ideas on how to spread the word and persuade others to learn more about the topic. This website has a variety of ways that the media could influence your life such as advertising commercials, violence, obesity, school and stereotypes. The purpose of this specific genre is to inform different discourse communities about the issues that are happening today. This genre gives more information about the different ways children are influenced by the media and works to persuade others to inform more people about the topic in order to reduce the amount of cases that are happening today thanks to the media. One way that the audience could tie in with this website is knowing someone that is going through a particular issue and learning about the issue itself and helping the other person overcome their frustration.  The audience is likely to know little information about the topic such as ways that young kids pick up on violence, sex, etc. Although the audience is not well informed about topic, the website gives a lot of information on this issue and the reader will want to know more about the topic to persuade others to get well informed about the topic. With this particular website the audience could take up twenty minutes reading the information due to the fact that it has many tabs talking about different types of media influences. This website has very formal language and vocabulary that will bring the attention of well-educated people helping them understand the topic correctly.

            Despite the fact that both of these genres talk about the same topic they are different because the article, “Media Influence on Youth” gives a small amount of facts regarding the topic when the website, “How the Media Affects Teens & Young Adults” was published by an organization names, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, that would like to inform others about the topic as well as persuade them to spread the word about to help others.

Pathos

            The article “Media Influence on Youth” evokes a small to no amount of emotion when stating facts about the topic simply because it does not go into depth about the topic and stating examples on how young adults fall into this influence. The small amount of emotion does influence in the purpose of the article because it just states facts and is informing the audience about the topic, it is not trying to persuade the audience to think differently or to make a move to make a difference in these kids’ lives. The website “How the Media Affects Teens & Young Adults” in the other hand does evoke emotion to the audience because not only is it informing the audience about the topic but it also gives cases and consequences on the way that media influences children’s everyday life.

Ethos

            The article “Media Influence on Youth” establishes information about the topic and could be questioned because it does not cite where the information or quotes were retrieved from. Meaning, the website does not provide an author or publisher and does not provide any sort of date in which the website was published on. The information talked about does achieve the purpose about informing others about the topic because of the small facts that the article does provide. Missing this type of information could affect the purpose of the genre simply because it does not allot the audience to gain full knowledge about the topic. The organization in which published the website, “How the Media Affects Teens & Young Adults” does give information about the topic that is cited and gives general examples in order to help the audience understand the topic and persuades the audience to help others as well as to inform them about the topic. Because of this the purpose of this genre is achieved.

Logos

            The article “Media Influence on Youth” does not provide evidence regarding the claims of the information discussed because it only states facts about the topic, it does not provide credible sites. This is why it is not appropriate for the purpose of the article because the article itself is used to inform other about the basic idea of the issue. The website “How the Media Affects Teens & Young Adults” gives credible information because the website itself not only talks about the topic it also gives the audience proof by discussing different ways that these young adults are affected by media.

Comparison/Contrast

            The only similarities about the genres’ is that they both talk about the same topic and give the audience information in order for the audience to understand the topic correctly. The differences between the genres’ is that the article does not really give the audience a change to feel like they have to change the way they think when the website gives rea life situations making it easier for the audience to understand the topic well and persuade other to get involved with the topic as well.

Structure and Delivery

            Both genres are set up the same, through the internet in which makes it easier for the audience to find information regarding the topic and is set up in paragraphs in order to help the audience understand each type of influence by the media. These elements contribute to the purpose of each genre by making the audience feel organized in the information they are reading, making it easier for the reader to understand the information.

Conclusion/Synthesis

            The website “How the Media Affects Teens & Young Adults” is more effective in conveying its message because of the way the organization set up the website. Not only does the layout help the reader feel organized but it also gives examples of the situations that go on every single day that not a lot of people are aware of. This helps the purpose of the genre because now the audience will feel a connection with the topic and will want to inform other about the topic.

References

Ransohoff, J. (2013, October). How the Media Affects Teens & Young Adults. Retrieved October 12, 2014, from Palo Alto Medical Foundation website: http://www.pamf.org/teen/life/bodyimage/media.html

2.      Media Influence on Youth. Retrieved October 3, 2014, from Crisis Connection website: http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/teens/media_influence_on_youth.htm

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Genre Analysis Reflection

Completing the genre analysis was not a hard task it was actually extremely informative and helped me learn a lot of stuff about my topic that I was not aware of. One thing that was very interesting to me was the fact that many teenage girls believe that having the perfect body is what everyone wants due to different shows on television and end up becoming extremely under weigh because of it, harming themselves. I believe this genre analysis will only help me throughout the semester because this was the first main assignment that required a lot of information about the topic in order to complete and now it will not be that difficult because I got a lot of information in order to help complete the rest of the assignments.

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Lit Review

Media Influence on Youth: Introduction

      The media entertainment has been a part of our lives for many years now. We all know we love watching movies, reality TV shows, cartoons, news, videos and many more different types of shows. Yet most people fail to realize how much it influences our everyday lives simply because we become so involved in what is happening. Many would argue that television does not change their way of thought about certain things when in reality media could influence the way you think about your figure, your health, your personality, your music, etc. In the past we have heard about cases that talk about topics such as teen pregnancy, violence, etc. The media has always been a part of our lives for many years now, it has become so popular that producers look for anything to catch teenager’s attention to increase popularity. Watching reality TV shows such as Victoria Secret has become so popular a teenager’s girl’s life and it has made teenage girls believe that weighting 100 lbs is the perfect image. Throughout this Literary Review the following three questions will be discussed and summarized,

What is one way that the media influences a teenager’s life?

What are different types of consequences a teenager can face due to the media?

What can be done to help those who have been affected by the media?

What is one way that the media influences a teenager’s life?

      Many cases have been found explaining the different ways that the media can influence an adolescence mind. Although there is a majority of cases in which have not been filed this is because many teenagers will stay quiet and will not speak about the issue they are facing simply because they feel ashamed or do not want to bring any attention to themselves. Studies have been proven that the biggest influence on teenagers because of the media is known for sexuality. Teenagers can access numerous amounts of platforms in which will talk about sexuality without them even realizing it such as, television, music, internet, social networks, and many more. In the 1990’s it was known that an average teenager would not have intercourse till age 17-18 compared to the 20th century the amount of little girls getting pregnant in the United States increased enormously because kids now a days spend more than 10 hours of their day either roaming the internet or watching television and listening to music. Sexuality has now become so common in a teenagers life as early as 14 years of age. (Collins, April 2011.)  The article “Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Health” talks about how listening to music such as rap, hip hop, and R&B can influence the way a teenager feels about having sexual intercourse with another person on their website. Reading the information provided on the website most people could say rappers often talk about having multiple relationships with different women making their listeners think this is the “cool” way to live. Another way that a teenager can be influenced by the media is television, simply because with television comes shows, movies, and videos that 75% of the time sex becomes a scene that they show and allows the viewers to be curious and be interested in the show itself. (Collins, April 2011.) Television now becomes the number one way that a teenager can be exposed to sexuality because every household has a television and almost every single family watches television. This becomes a problem because now younger children have the ability to access these types of shows without their parents’ consent. This is how our population gets younger each and every year. Last but not least, what we know as the internet can be a high risk to teenagers because they could literally Google anything they are curious about and thousands of websites will pop up talking about the topic. What this article is coming down is that now a days teenagers have multiple access to various amounts of sources in order for them to learn about sexuality and feel the need to have sexual intercourse because it seems that is what everyone is doing. The website Does Social Media Perpetuate Youth Violence? Gives a brief explanation on media violence influence on teenagers and adults as well. “In addition to direct violence from social media, a new trend called “Fight Compilations” has become increasingly popular on sites such as World Star Hip Hop and YouTube. Fight Compilations are videos composed of fight snippets that everyday people record, usually on their cell phones.” (Bostic, February 20, 2014) Bostic is talking about how big this saying has become in the internet and thousands of teenagers watch these videos to be entertained and studies have shown that fights break out because these teenagers want to record the fight and upload it online in order to see how many views they will get. Fight Compilation phrase has become extremely popular that a simple Google search will pop up with the latest and most popular video of the week. Videos such as fights become dangerous because now a ridiculous amount of people are viewing these videos and allows them to think it would be a cool idea to fight more easily with someone else to see how many hits the video can get. This can also bring danger to a teenager’s life simply because the teenager will not know the amount of harm they will involve themselves in when starting a pointless fight. “Meta-analyses of the unhealthy effects of media-violence have shown that youth who view media-violence on a regular basis are more likely to exhibit antisocial behavior, ranging from imitative violent behavior with toys to criminal violence, acceptance of violent behavior, increased feelings of hostility, and desensitization toward violent behavior. (Bostic, February 20, 2014)  

            What are different types of consequences a teenager can face due to the media?

            “How does social media affect teens' emotions?” Is a newsletter in which talks about how Facebook as well as social networks have become a great issue in a teenager’s life. In this article it is explained that teenagers who stay logged into Facebook more than four hours a day experience some type of depression because of posts that they see on their timeline. “Della-Piana says she has treated teens in Utah who entertained thoughts of suicide because someone humiliated them online.” (Nelson, November 26, 2012.) Social networks have become extremely important to society in the past decade. (Nelson, November 26, 2012.) Social networks bring happiness to people as well as depression, anxiety, and anger. Teenagers these days try to post provocative pictures on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr in order to see how many likes they can get from the picture. This now results into a problem because if a certain picture, tweet, or post does not get enough publicity it now makes the teenager feel like they are not good enough for society. (Nelson, November 26 2012) It has been proven in the past how many students in school suffer from depression because they are too worried about what others think of them. Depression can then lead to suicide because a teenager is young and does not know how to control their emotions properly. This image was retrieved from a blog in which girls are talking about how people feel about what they think about anorexia. (Queen, October 19, 2008.) Anorexia is another consequence in which teenage girls suffer from because of the media. Supermodels are perceived as young and the most beautiful women on Earth. Young girls then want to be exactly like them because everyone else seems to be obsessed with them. This is when eating disorders take place because they want to be skinny and beautiful like these models.

                                     “The average woman model weighs up to 25% less than the typical woman and maintains a weight at about 15 to 20 percent below what is considered healthy for her age and height.” (The Media, Anorexia and Eating Disorders.) A woman should not feel obligated to look a certain way in order to feel some sort of attention. Everyone is beautiful in their own unique way, the only thing coming in between of that is TV shows, social networks, and friends because that is all everyone talks about. People do not understand how much a woman can be put down because of their posts, or comments on social media.  According to a survey done at the University of Texas at El Paso that was published on social networks, work, and school the majority of girls have felt like they are not accepted enough by others because they are lacking some type of feature on their body such as being tall, skinny, beautiful, etc. This proofs that almost every girl has experienced that in her life at least once in her life. Not only does anorexia play a big role in a woman’s life but so does their importance in photo shopping their photos to an extreme where the photo does not look the way they do in life. (The Media, Anorexia and Eating Disorders.) Another topic in which will be discussed explaining consequences teenagers suffer from because of the media will be cyberbullying.

 Many cases have been published in news casts explaining an accident or death that happened due to cyberbullying. “Cyberbullying is when a minor is “tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, or otherwise targeted by another [minor] using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies, or mobile phones.” (Manor, April 7, 2010.) This newsletter “Social Times” talks about an incident that generated from a social media message in which caused two teenagers to commit suicide because of a message they received from another friend insulting them telling them things. Social networks are usually used by people who cannot say something in person to another person because they do not have courage to say the phrase they would say through the internet. We all know teenagers could be cruel to one another and say hurtful things about one another through the internet because it makes it easier for them to speak their mind. This is where cyberbullying takes place, not only does suicide become a consequence but so does depression, and hate. Cyberbullying has become so frequent in schools that now every school is required to teach kids about cyberbullying and are now offering more counseling to those kids who cannot talk to their family about the issue that is going on in their lives. It has made it easier for cyberbullying to take place in teenager’s lives due to the fact that everyone owns a cellphone or computer and gives teenagers immediate access to their social networks when they are at home or at school. (Manor, April 7, 2010.)

            What can be done to help those who have been affected by the media?

            There are organizations out there in which provide help to those who have suffered from cyberbullying. One known organization is “End to Cyberbullying organization.”  In which provides informative information on their website about how to detect when someone is suffering from cyberbullying as well as how to help those who are being bullied at home, school, and work. Schools are now teaching teenagers on the impact that these kids take on their lives because they are bullied by someone who most likely does not mean what they are doing. Organizations are also set up to help teenage girls who suffer from anorexia and are not strong enough to keep themselves up and positive. Another way that could help decrease the number of teenagers who have been impacted by the media is by parents reducing the amount that teenagers spend on social networks. If more parents were involved in this topic they would be aware of what their child might be going through and would provide attention to help prevent something so drastic that could harm their lives.

Conclusion

These three questions explain not only what can be done to help these kinds overcome social media effects but it also allows other to get more informed about the topic itself . The more people get involved with the topic the more teenagers could be helped in order to reduce the amount of media influence that goes on in everyday life. Media influence on youth unfortunately will always exist because of the use of technology. It is up to the people who know about the issue to help other.

Abstract

This topic was written to help others understand and get informed about what is going on in everyday life. Explaining in depth the issue will allow others to want to get involved and help those who cannot stand up for themselves. Now media should be looked at different because it is the main source in which teenagers are suffering from depression.

Sources

http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/11/adolescentsexualactivity/newmedialitrev/index.shtml

http://yvpc.sph.umich.edu/2014/02/20/social-media-perpetuate-youth-violence/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KVTCPML

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=23121244

http://www.something-fishy.org/cultural/themedia.php

http://socialtimes.com/social-media-cyberbullying_b9615

http://www.endcyberbullying.org/

  References

1.      Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Health: Evidence and Opportunities. Collins. April 2011. Website.

2.      Does Social Media Perpetuate Youth Violence? Bostic. 20 Feb. 2014. Blog.

3.      How does social media affect teens' emotions? Nelson. 26 Nov. 2012. Newsletter.

4.      The Media, Anorexia and Eating Disorders. Article.

5.      Can Social Media Be Held Accountable For Cyberbullying? Manor. 7 April, 2010. Newsletter. http://socialtimes.com/social-media-cyberbullying_b9615

End to cyberbullyng organization. Organization.http://socialtimes.com/social-media-cyberbullying_b9615

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Lit Review Reflection

My topic was about how much the media can influence a youth’s way of thought. In my Lit Review I talked about different ways the media can influence a teenagers mind. I was somewhat aware of the topic but I did learn about specific statistics that have been brought up to the public about how teenagers do suffer from violence and depression. I did learn that the main reason why teenagers fall into this issue is because they are too worried about what others will think about them because that show or song is what everyone is in too. Teenagers mostly like what they like because that is what everyone likes and they will feel weird or out of place if they do not like the same things others like. My primary research was easy, I chose to do a survey about my topic. Only thing that could be difficult was that not to many took the survey as much as I thought. I now feel confident because I now know how to conduct a Lit Review and everything that it comes with. I would say I did a good job in was actually finding different sources to help me talk more in depth about my topic. Because finding      more information about my topic made it easier to elaborate in it. One thing that was difficult was the fact that I could not get the Abstract down. I did not know exactly how to word it in order to make the ending point sound legit. The value of this assignment was that I now know how to do this assignment in the future without having so many questions at the beginning. I did not like it so much because it was so long but I can see why I needed to learn the material.

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Documentary

http://youtu.be/6EBo72I_Mo8

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Documentary Reflection

After completing my documentary analysis I did realize the purpose of completing a video about a certain topic. My guess of why we have to create a video is to put something together to show other people that this is an actual issue that some people go through. Meaning, advocating about the topic in order for others to be informed. What I learned about promoting advocacy was that a video would be the easiest way to advocate about my issue. Because putting facts about the topic in the video will inform people about the topic and will reach out to people in a different way. The type of appeals that I used in my video were facts, other videos that talk about the topic, music, and pictures. These different types of appeals helped me make the audience feel interested throughout the video as well as sad or as I should say, feel bad and want to help make a difference to save teenagers from suffering from depression. What I enjoyed about this assignment was I could design my video however I wanted. I didn’t really enjoy getting used to iMovie that much because it is a bit difficult to work around with. But I enjoyed being creative and putting something together.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed

Throughout this op-ed assignment the topic Media Influence on Youth will be discussed and will explain what the real problem is when it comes down to the media influencing a teenager’s mind. What a lot of people do not understand is that when it comes down to social media or television, teenagers take everything into consideration and become vulnerable to things they come across. The main issue with this particular topic is that many teenagers as well as parents are not well informed with this issue and the fact that it exists. This is why it has become such a big issue with children because parents are not fully aware of what their child could be going through or thinking when they are accessing these different types of technology.

                        The website KSL.com uploaded an article named, “How does social media affect teens’ emotions”? In November of 2012 giving the public information about this particular issue.  Throughout the article it is explained how some children feel sad about their lives when they compare themselves to other people they may follow on social networks or watch on television. This is important because it proves perfectly how children retain everything and do not speak to anyone about it, allowing children to become easily influenced and become depressed. Paul Nelson states in his article, “What counselors do know is that teens can become depressed through events that happen on sites like Facebook. Della-Piana says she has treated teens in Utah who entertained thoughts of suicide because someone humiliated them online.” Meaning that children that are bullied online can even think about committing suicide and their parents were never aware of their child suffering from depression.

Another way of giving the public reassurance about how the media influences children and how parents do not pay attention to what their kids watch on the internet is the website of Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center that talked about “Does Social Media Perpetuate Youth Violence?”  Throughout the article it explains how children have used World Star Hip Hop (a website where videos about fights compilations are uploaded for the public to see) and use it as something fun and start fights and record them for no reason because they want to see how many likes or views will be attained. It also states how they feel as if parents do not take the time to question what their child is doing on their cellphone or computer and could jeopardize someone else’s life. The SocialTimes published a newspaper named, “Can Social Media Be Held Accountable for Cyberbullying?” This particular newspaper was published to advocate about how social media has become responsible for all the major events that have happened in the past as far as suicide because children were being bullied and parents were never aware of what was going on.

The solution to this problem as to why parents are not well informed about this particular issue would be persuading schools to become more involved with parents and informing them about past events of children suffering from media influence. The perfect way for schools to become more involved and help advocate this issue would be by setting up parent teacher conferences and during that time handing out broachers that give information about how the media could possibly influence their child’s way of thought. Another possible way for schools to stay involved about this issue would be by setting up a conference meeting with all the new entering students that are registering for a new school year and having teenagers come in and speak about their particular experience when it came down to the media influence. By schools becoming involved and informing parents as well as children about how the media really can affect someone’s life will help prevent future cases.    

References

Can Social Media Be Held Accountable For Cyberbullying? Manor. 7 April, 2010.Newsletter.

http://socialtimes.com/social-media-cyberbullying_b9615

How does social media affect teens' emotions? Nelson. 26 Nov. 2012. Newsletter. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=23121244

Does Social Media Perpetuate Youth Violence? Bostic. 20 Feb. 2014. Blog. http://yvpc.sph.umich.edu/2014/02/20/social-media-perpetuate-youth-violence/

Images

4.      Social Media Dangers Speaker for High Schools. 2014. Website.

http://dynamicinfluence.com/social-media-dangers-speaker-for-high-schools/

THE POWER OF OUR OWN VOICE. Mass Media Influence. Hilda. 21 Nov. 2010. Blog. http://hildabongole.blogspot.com/2010/11/normal-0-false-false-false.html

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Semester Reflection

At the beginning of the semester I was hoping to become a better writer when it came to essay papers and improving my vocabulary in the process. My main goal throughout the semester was to become a faster thinker when it came to writing an assignment. Meaning, that I did not want to take so much time thinking about how to start the assignment and mainly improve on becoming a faster writer. After completing all of my assignments I feel I did improve on the way I type and organize my work in order to finish the assignment. I also feel like I did improve when it comes down to using a higher vocabulary when writing essays. The area that I feel I improved the most I would say is getting my work organized and finishing the assignment faster. Because by organizing all of your information and then putting it together only makes the essay easier. The assignment that I enjoyed the most I would say, was the documentary. Only because I love being creative and taking time for the transitions and stuff like that. This semester it was a lot easier to create it and I also learned how to insert other videos into not just pictures which I thought was pretty cool. And I enjoyed showing my work to everyone else. Every other assignment we were not able to present it to anyone. I think we discuss audience, purpose, ethos, pathos, and logos because the professor would like to ensure that we know how to tell those apart and know how to use them when it comes to writing. I learned a lot about the different topics that were discussed in the class that made view these topics in a different way. The main thing is my improvement on my writing, it will be a lot easier to write assignments in my future courses. I enjoyed taking this course, and my professor. She was very cool and helpful.!

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Lit Review Reflection

My topic was about how much the media can influence a youth’s way of thought. In my Lit Review I talked about different ways the media can influence a teenagers mind. I was somewhat aware of the topic but I did learn about specific statistics that have been brought up to the public about how teenagers do suffer from violence and depression. I did learn that the main reason why teenagers fall into this issue is because they are too worried about what others will think about them because that show or song is what everyone is in too. Teenagers mostly like what they like because that is what everyone likes and they will feel weird or out of place if they do not like the same things others like. My primary research was easy, I chose to do a survey about my topic. Only thing that could be difficult was that not to many took the survey as much as I thought. I now feel confident because I now know how to conduct a Lit Review and everything that it comes with. I would say I did a good job in was actually finding different sources to help me talk more in depth about my topic. Because finding      more information about my topic made it easier to elaborate in it. One thing that was difficult was the fact that I could not get the Abstract down. I did not know exactly how to word it in order to make the ending point sound legit. The value of this assignment was that I now know how to do this assignment in the future without having so many questions at the beginning. I did not like it so much because it was so long but I can see why I needed to learn the material.

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Lit Review Reflection

My topic was about how much the media can influence a youth’s way of thought. In my Lit Review I talked about different ways the media can influence a teenagers mind. I was somewhat aware of the topic but I did learn about specific statistics that have been brought up to the public about how teenagers do suffer from violence and depression. I did learn that the main reason why teenagers fall into this issue is because they are too worried about what others will think about them because that show or song is what everyone is in too. Teenagers mostly like what they like because that is what everyone likes and they will feel weird or out of place if they do not like the same things others like. My primary research was easy, I chose to do a survey about my topic. Only thing that could be difficult was that not to many took the survey as much as I thought. I now feel confident because I now know how to conduct a Lit Review and everything that it comes with. I would say I did a good job in was actually finding different sources to help me talk more in depth about my topic. Because finding      more information about my topic made it easier to elaborate in it. One thing that was difficult was the fact that I could not get the Abstract down. I did not know exactly how to word it in order to make the ending point sound legit. The value of this assignment was that I now know how to do this assignment in the future without having so many questions at the beginning. I did not like it so much because it was so long but I can see why I needed to learn the material.

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I am researching about policing the police.

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Semester Topic

This semester I am researching about policing the police.