Entertainment Media and its Influences
Heidi Ross
HUM186
September 29, 2013
Dr. Rose Safir

Entertainment Media and its Influences

Entertainment media has shaped American Culture and its values in many ways. One of the ways is that media has educated many on how to be more healthy and to have a better lifestyle. It has also made people more creative, making them realize what culture is all about. We as a society is shaped by the ever changing entertainment industry. Our lives are all about what the celebrities are doing, wearing, eating, or who they are doing. Entertainment media is everywhere.
Entertainment media has many benefits and but has brought many challenges as well to
American culture and has changed the way we interact with others. Throughout the many years of entertainment media, things have changed for the positive. I believe that with all of the changes, there has been mostly positive outcome from the media, but there has been some negative aspects as well. The television and radio helped to create our culture by having an impact on the way books, newspapers and magazines are designed and created. The television is one of the biggest influences on American families today. Children spend more time watching television and playing video games, therefore, spending less time interacting with others, which results in poor social and communication skills. Our family values and morals are changing with each passing day. With all of the sex, violence, and distruction that is shown on tv, it is having an effect on the kids today. Video games can be a benefit and it can bring challenges. Video games can allow you to communicate with people from around the world or in your own back yard. They can also teach you to be a better problem solver. The challenges that video games brings are they a lot of people that play video games, do nothing else. They do not contribute to society, but instead just sit at home. This makes for lazy kids, which in turns makes lazy adults.

To conclude, there are many advantages and disadvantages to entertainment media. There are positive and negative aspects, but I believe that the positive out ways the negative. I do believe that entertainment media is a catalyst for social behaviors and attitudes. A young girl, watches 16 and Pregnant on MTV. She is going to think that it is ok for her to go out and get herself pregnant at 16 or even younger, because she saw it on a show, and maybe even a friend or someone she knows from school is pregnant. I think that is one of the negative. Television does not always portray society as real. They tend to cover up the really bad stuff, but when it does come out and kids see it, it does have an effect on them.

References Lule, J. (2012). Exploring media and culture (1st ed.). Flat World Knowledge, Inc. San Francisco, CA.

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