The Influence Of Media On Teenagers' Performance

This chapter reviewed the relevant literature on the effect of mass media on adolescents. The purpose of this review is to provide a background that would be appropriate for understanding what is currently known about the study. The theoretical and empirical information considered the influences of mass media on socialization of adolescent students. The influence of parental attitude on the use of mass media of adolescent students are also discussed.

In today’s world, media has made a very special place for itself in our lives. It would not be an exaggeration that today, media has become as important as food and clothing. Today different types of media is also very much helpful to educate and make a socially aware nation. The communication forms can be radio, television, cinema, magazines, newspapers and Internet-based web sites often play a varied and vital role in our society. They play an important role in increasing public awareness and formation of their views and attitudes toward certain issues. There is no denial that media is playing a very significant role in making the world smaller. Through various mediums of media whether it is radio, television, newspaper or internet, we are able to connect with large number of people around us. Thus the media informed the public about important social, economic and cultural issues as well as different problem of our society.

Television

Television is first of all based on a kinetic image, graphics and sound elements. In his book, “Fenomenul televiziune” (“Television phenomenon”), Ion Bucheru states the fact that a live broadcast or an event described shortly after it took place, is seen, felt, lived by the viewer, that becomes with or without his will, an active participant in this conduct. (Bucheru quoted in karim 2016). Romanian press offered some examples, especially in the non-adult age, a teenager bay that stabs his sister to death, after watching a horror movie, an 18 years old that raped a girl, declaring after that he only wanted to act as he many times saw on T.V. (Adevarul, July, 17th, 2015). In other words, sitting in front of the T.V. for countless hours does not always degenerate in such dose of violence in one’s social life, but it does have an influence on the brain capacity to gather information and to maintain a good work performance, encouraging a sloppy lifestyle, this being a passive activity. Here the numbers are very concerning, 70% of the young ones saying that after spending time in front of the television makes them grow weak, tired and they develop an attention deficit which makes them unable to concentrate on their homework or on reading.

Media Impact

Neelamalar & Chitra (December, 2009) stated in Kumar (2015) described that not only T.V. every mass-Media instrument has a Huge Impact on our Way of Thinking. Media is a one-faced communication provider. It tells you what is there, and it pulls you into its grip, but it does not suggest you or tell you what problems you may face later with it. Media succeeds in creating a current successful impact on its viewers, but it does not provide sufficient information about the after effects of such a success. So we should watch out for who is trying to hunt us down!! (Suman Shafi, 2012). According to a recent poll, 22% of teenagers log on to their favorite social media site more than 10 times a day, and more than half of adolescents log on to a social media site more than once a day. Seventy-five percent of teenagers now own cell phones, and 25% use them for social media, 54% use them for texting, and 24% use them for instant messaging. Thus, a large part of this generation's social and emotional development is occurring while on the Internet and on cell phones. Because of their limited capacity for self-regulation and susceptibility to peer pressure, children and adolescents are at some risk as they navigate and experiment with social media. Recent research indicates that there are frequent online expressions of offline behaviors, such as bullying, clique-forming, and sexual experimentation, that have introduced problems such as cyber bullying, privacy issues, and “sexting” Other problems that merit awareness include Internet addiction and concurrent sleep deprivation.

Political Socialization of Adolescents’

A. Moore 2017 explain the Role of the Media on the Political Socialization of the youth. In order to decide which party to affiliate with, which candidates to vote for, etc., people need to decide what they believe in. This is where political socialization comes in. Political socialization is “the process by which people acquire political beliefs and values.” (Bardes, Shelly, and Schmidt, 2014)

At the beginning of the 20th century, before the widespread use of the radio and then television, the media was limited