Do you think that television programs, movies, and video games influence young people's behavior?
We can see many computers and movie theaters around us. It became increasingly accessible to people. Young people, who are sensitive to change of fashion and able to approach to media, are especially influenced by television programs, movies, and video games.
Television programs contribute to the young people's behavior. One of the influences is fashion. Teenagers and the youth are exicted over celebrities and admire them. People watch celebrities in dramas or TV shows and want to imitate them. In fact, for example, internet shopping malls that are managed by a celebrity is very popular and particular sneakers or jeans model that a celebrity wore are sold out quickly even though they are very costly. Television programs can also encourage the donation. The program called Danbi in Korea attracted many people be interested in Africa and led to donation. This program showed celebrities help building water pumsp and schools for people in need.
Furthermore, movies lead to a new era of culture. Development of movie shows a development in technology. For example,
Video games sometimes have negative effects on young people. Teenagers use bad words in games. When they lose the game, teenagers burst out complaint and swear words. One study found out that almost 90% of words teenagers speak out during the game were swear words. Moreover, video games make out new language. When communicating with teammates during the game, users should type the words fastly because the game is progressing. Therefore, they made abbreviations of words. These are further spreading and people use them in daily conversation.
Due to skyrocketing speed of development of technology, people became able to easily access to the various kinds of media. Among them, young people are the most sensitive to changes and have more skills to control electric devices. Therefore, they are influenced by television programs, movies and video games significantly.