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As mass media has been developed, people are exposed to a plenty of information and media contents. Especially, the accessibility to media contents is higher to young people than to older because they are more familiar with the use of smartphone or mobile devices. Many adults and experts typically worry about the negative effect on teenagers because young people tend to depend on what they watch in the television or smartphone. However, I think teenagers have ability to select proper information. This being so, mass media’s leverage has more advantages than disadvantages.
First of all, young people easily get a lot of information through the television or movies. Accordingly, their perspective can be wider. In particular, recent teenagers are knowledgeable about politics.Since major news channel announce up-to-date political situations and analyze each candidates' policy and political stories, even high school students can judge which candidate is proper as a leader and which policy is useful and effective for the community. The fact that some experts claims that teenagers are enough mature to vote is one of the evidence. Also, the results of major student politic debates can prove their ability to understand political issues.
On the top of that, a variety of media contents make teenagers be interested in various fields. Unlike parents' worry that they are only interested in games or entertainment, television gives young people an opportunity to engage in social issues. Base on my personal experience, when I was middle school student, I watched one of the famous environmental documentary TV program. After watching, I realized the importance of natural environment and I had to do something for preserving it. As a result, I voluntarily organized the campaign to reduce the waste and save the energy in my middle school. I also tried to encourage other students to participate the campaign. I think it is the best example to show the positive effect of mass media in reality.
In conclusion, it is true that media contents'clout is strong to young people. However, As long as they choose the useful information and utilize it with good purpose, there is no problem that they are earlier exposed by mass media. |