The kids have been influenced!

Anyone who believes that the media has no influence on people, must be living a dream world. The media affects all people. Now as far as to the degree of influence, that might have some room for discussion. Weight, for example, is a very important issue to all Americans. We have become a culture where, God forbid, you are overweight, you are considered an outcast. Our society does not accept overweight people. Our society does not accept overweight people. The television makes this quite clear with all its advertisements for the various reducing programs. You have different celebrities who promote the different weight loss programs. You have different people for weight watchers, the Atkins diet, Jenny Craig, and Jarod for subway. Now you even have a television program called, “The biggest loser.” From the minute kids go to school, they are teased about being fat.
You must agree that all those programs continue to make the American public think that being overweight is a cardinal sin. I truly believe that this is one of the main reasons why there are so many anorexic young adults in America. All these television advertisements, magazine articles and radio announcements take a toll on you. At first glance, sure, one listens to what is on t.v. and says,” no way” I don’t need to lose weight. Then as time goes on, you start to look at yourself in another light. Who do you have to blame for this? The answer is, the media, no matter what the issue maybe. Pokemon used to be a real big show when I was young. I remember the t.v. was flooded with all kinds of Pokemon gadgets, ranging from cards to all kinds of toys. I would drive my mom crazy. I think back at how much t.v. had to do with my obsession with Pokemon. Pokemon was all over my house. The way things are presented has a great deal with influence on all of us. It is the advertising people who prey on our work defenses. Every aspect of our life is subjected to the media. At any given time we will cave in to something that hits our weakest point. Even the way things are packaged, influences our way of buying food. The more appealing the package looks, the more likely we are to buy the product. The media advertises these products on t.v. and in the paper, this we are tempted to buy.