Media and Youth

When it comes to media and the youth, its not a very good combination. The reason why I say this is because of how much or easily the youth is affected right away from the media that they are exposed too. I have seen how much the youth is affected by the media everyday and it seems like it is getting worst every time.
For instance, I have a niece who is 11 years old and other cousins. and what I have noticed about them is that they get affected by media right away. They may get affected in a positive or a negative way but it still gets to them. An example is probably Hannah Montana, and High School Musical. When they first came out, they were already popular. They became popular so fast that my niece and other cousins wanted to be like Hannah Montana. They were dressing like her, asking for all her clothes she had, all the accessories that was out, and they even had wigs to have hair like Hannah Montana. It affected some children when Hannah Montana and Vanessa Hudgens were both caught, and some of the young girls were doing what they were doing because they thought it was cool or ok.
Boys are also affected in the same way, except they are more violent because they watch other things like Power Rangers, Wrestling, and the newest thing is UFC Fighting. These are some of the media that boys watch and try to imitate either at home or at school because they think its cool.
Media has either a positive or a negative affect, but most of the time it is negative. Children get to attached.