To what extent are the values of teenagers shaped by mass media?

Teenagers have sponges for brains, and they absorb everything they see. How they process the information they see or hear is up to the individual. However the affects on an adolescent's values are bound to be as wide spread as they are evident.


An example: Ideologies can be influenced by things as simple and redundant as television shows. For example, an 18 year-old may decide on how to vote for the death penalty by simply watching a movie that depicts the sorrow and human cruelty of executions. Whether or not this was a Hollywood production or a reputable documentary, the impression is made on the adolescent.


Considering that the mass media surrounds teenagers every minute of the day, the extent to which their values change to the whim of the media cannot be accurately fathomed. However one should expect that any value could be influenced deeply, and higher education for the age group is the only way to counter the media.


After all, teenagers are the sponges, and if an education surrounds them more than the continuously streamed media, the education would influence their values; likewise to the effect of the mass media.To what extent are the values of teenagers shaped by mass media?
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