Influence in Teenagers

Moderator: Thank you Mr. Hisham, which was really great ideas on factors thatincreased the crimes rate among school children. How about you MadamRozilah, do you have any other factors that you think should be the most torise the crimes rate among them?Speaker 3: Thank you Madam Moderator. Those factors might be factors that increasedcrime rate among school children. I agreed with the opinion but the mostfactors that increasing of crime rate among school children is due toinfluence of the mass media. Mass media has affected our way of lifestyle,socialization, living patterns and personality. It has not only affected uspersonally, but our young adults as well. The influence it has on ourteenagers, dictates their actions. Weather it is by television or newspapers,our teenager’s is affected by it. The pressures that young adults face to fit in,is tremendous. Movies, as well, have a large influence on our teenagers. Teenagers spend a large amount of time in front of the television, readingmagazines, or on the internet. They try to adapt to what they see and hear. Teenagers also imitate what they see. The media today is responsible for body image, and self worth, and this iswhere we see several teenagers suffer from inferiority complex, thusresorting to unhealthy eating habits and weight loss. The media sells sex,drugs, and smoking by the movies and advertisement they show. Thesenegative effects of the media on teenagers are controlling every part of theirsocial life. Television, the internet, newspapers, magazines, andadvertisement bombard them.

Many media outlets increase aggressive tendencies in teenager. They wantthe latest clothing, the latest hairstyle, the newest cars, and so the viciouscycle continues.We know that the media sometimes fail to tell the real deal about how onecan obtain or achieve things in life. I think, this is why the media as such aneffect on their life.Moderator: Thank you Mr. Hisham, which was really great ideas on factors thatincreased the crimes rate among school children. How about you MadamRozilah, do you have any other factors that you think should be the most torise the crimes rate among them?Speaker 4: Thank you Madam Moderator. I agreed with the opinion that increasing of crime rate among school children is due peer pressure. Circle of friendscontribute to violent behavior on a large extent. If the child spends most of his time with a group of friends who are naughty, haughty and arrogant thenyour child too has a tendency to develop that attitude. So it is better to avoidour children get into such unhealthy circle of friends. Same way, the schoolatmosphere does have an impact in school violence. The teachers, thefriends around etc does have their share of developing arrogant behavior inchildren. Children and teenagers feel social pressure to conform to the groupof peers with whom they socialize. This peer pressure can influence howchildren dress, what kind of music they listen to,