MEDIA

THE AFFECT ON YOUNG TEENSBy: Faith and Paige

OUR HOPE

•We hope to make people aware of the

effects of media on young teenagers, by

analyzing their behaviour and habits,

including their exposure to media in all forms.

OUR PROCESS

•Created a survey asking a variety of questions about teens

media usage and their behaviour

•Randomly surveyed 100 grade 9’s and collected our data

•Created graphs based on the data - only using the

information we felt was relevant

EXPOSURE

•The first piece of information we

analyzed was how accessible media

is to young teenagers

HOW MUCH TV DO YOU WATCH?

60%

33%

7%

1-2 hours3-4 hours 4+ hours

HOW MUCH DO YOU USE THE INTERNET ?

49%

32%

19%

1-2 hours3-4 hours4+ hours

DO YOU OWN A CELLPHONE?

90%

10%

YesNo

DO YOU OWN A COMPUTER?

73%

27%

YesNo

DO YOU HAVE A MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION?

18%

82%

YesNo

MEDIA TYPE

•We then asked questions about what type of media they

were exposed too

•We were also curious about which TV shows they watched

and how this would affect them

DO YOU USE SOCIAL NETWORKING?

82%

18%

YesNo

WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE TV SHOW?

43%

7%16%

12%

15%

Jersey ShoreReal HousewivesGossip Girl16 and PregnantJerry Springer

DO YOU SEE TV CHARACTERS AS ROLE

MODELS?

28%

72%

YesNo

JERSEY SHORE

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efc_3BUr6RY

THE EFFECT

•After looking at the types of media they were exposed to

and how much they were exposed to media we asked them

about their behaviour and how media may have contributed

DO YOU DRINK?

14%

33%

53%OftenSometimesNever

DO YOU SMOKE?

6%12%

82%

OftenSometimesNever

DO YOU BASE YOUR CLOTHING CHOICES OFF

OF MEDIA?

30%

70%

YesNo

ARE YOU SEXUALLY ACTIVE?

18%

82%

YesNo

ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR BODY IMAGE?

74%

26%

YesNo

DOVE – BEAUTY PRESSURE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei6JvK0W60I

CONCLUSION

•We have concluded that media does greatly impact

teenagers

•Media contains false portrayals of how we should act and

appear to society – seen in the survey results

•The number of people surveyed that participated in

behaviors illegal and unhealthy was shocking