The effects of the media on the youth
Media commonly known
as the fourth estate has to be one of the most influencial factors in todays
world and it’s the youth who are mostly affected by it.often our our tv
programs,music and video games have exposed them to various thin
One of the positive impact of the media on the youth is that
it exposes the youth to information.the young people are made aware of the
going ons in their surroundings and through this they get to know of the going
on and stay abrest of the current news
Behaviour change is another of the impacts of the media on
the youths,i.e, through what one see’s on the tv and what they read on the
print media,the youth are able to be educated on the effects of certain
behaviours that are not acceptable and
that shouldn’t be practised in the civilised world e.g through the violent
portrayal of the post election violence and through the subsequent condemnation
and after seeing the damage that we did
to our country in the name of politics one was able to view the events and do
some soul searching to know that we did wrong,also throuh the varios
behavioural change programs being aired on tv is geared towards ensuring that
beforre one acts he is able think of the posssible consequence of his/her actions.
The media as an educational tool has enabled the youth to gain acccess to
diverse knowledge base such that the youth through the print and electronic
media are capable of having a wider base fforr conducting research,e.g one can
use the internet to do research on certain subjects of interest and also can be
able to know the going on in certain fields of study,as the print media engages
in articles on say aids, one is informed more on what he already knows.
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