Showing the Positive and Negative Influences in the Media

1. Positive Negative London Riots: A lot of the London Rioters were influenced by social networking sites such as Blackberry Messenger and Facebook, allowing them to communicate easily to plan riots and lootings. This also meant that the police were able to know where would be targeted next, and put extra police enforcement in those areas. Need to be skinny: Lots of women in the Media appear to be very skinny, and have abnormally shaped bodies, which means people aspire to be like them, and often use dangerous ways of losing weight to achieve this look. Charities: Charities such as Save the Children us advertising in the media to get sympathy for their charities, and to make people feel guilty so that they will donate to the charities to help save lives. Businesses: Some businesses such as Lawyers advertise in the media, and they help people because they make people aware that if they even need a Lawyer, they know where to go. Gadgets: Gadgets such as the iPhone influence people because of their sleek appearance and fancy workings make the practically irresistible. This means people can end up spending a lot of money buying or upgrading their iPhones unnecessarily, often with money they could use for other, more important things. Children’s Programmes Some children’s programmes such as the Wombles teach children to look after the environment and help to make the place they live in nicer. This helps because they are taught this at a young age, so it stick in their heads and they remember it.