Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2014

Impact of Media and its Effects on Youth

S. Bhavana

Abstract :

Media is a channel or a medium of oadcast that is used to spread information & educate among the people, or just for entertainment etc. Media plays an extensive role in an individual’s daily life. Right from the second we wake up till we go to bed after saying goodnight to our wife/husband, kid, parents, siblings or friends, we are surrounded in a world built just for you by the media. With the arrival of advanced technology, there has been a drastic shift from the telegraph, and then the radio, newspapers, magazines and now to the most widely used- the internet. Today media mainly focused on youth, the media affects everyone, depends what type the youth look at. Now- a- days many youth people they are spending their own times with Computers, Texting, Face book, YouTube, Smart phones with apps, iPods, Television, Movies, Video, games, Tweeting, MySpace. One of the most important things that media does for the youth is keeps them informed and engaged as well as encourages them to move in the right direction. However, there are many other who would also insist that it has done more harm than good, especially to the youth. Young people are at a stage of life where they want to enjoy what they do, but in the right manners and ways available and provided to them. Media has been said to have both the positive as well as negative effects on the youth. So, with the help of this study we can find out whether media has been more on the positive side or negative side. Thus the present study aims to find the how media influences their youths and how it affects their positive impact and negative impact on youth in Pondicherry

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S.BHAVANA Impact of Media and its Effects on Youth Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. I

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