While I was watching the debate, Biggest Loser and Tila Tequilla at the gym last night, I picked up the October edition of Family Circle. Usually this is full of good recipes so I check it out. To my surprise, I found an article titled “Almost Famous.”
It’s subtitle: YouTube, MySpace, Facebook–Tweens and teens are using social networking sites to be the stars of their own reality shows. But what gets lost when good kids act bad for the world to see?
The article is about kids that now act out on the Internet for attention and to just get themselves out there. The article is full of statistics boxes that say the extremes kids have gone to (footage of: a drunken sorority sister in the tub passed out, teens getting a toddler high, openly using drugs & writing the names of the drugs in photo captaions, jack-ass type stunts and sex acts) There was also a stat box for the odds of becoming a dancer, actor, musician, lawyer and other careers. The odds are really against those top 3, yet there are videos all over the Internet of people singing, dancing and acting.
Kids are now using shows like The Hills and Laguna Beach to inspire them and choose role models. Paris Hilton is a role model. *bows head and cries* WHY?! As teenagers, this is when the most growth occurs and changes happen everyday. Media plays such a huge role in shaping kids and teens now, I think much more so when I was a teen just a few years ago. Maybe more than a few.
Read the article and see how our society is being corrupt now earlier than ever and the role the Internet plays in this!
P.S. sorry about the links, I’ve been struggling with this program all semster.
How magazines change when life does, ironic huh? Why do you think this is happening all of a sudden? Society at it’s finest?
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