Teens & Celebrity Media
By: Magali Furieri, Gitanjali Raina & Jessica
Duron
York Mills Collegiate Institute
June 3rd, 2009
Celebrity Obsession Is Bad For Teens
• Studied 191 adolescents; 1116 years old
Concluded two types of
celebrity interest:
• Entertainment Social
Celebrity Worship
• Intense Personal Celebrity
Worship
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• Tend to be insecure
• More emotional problems
and bad relationships with
those closest to them
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http://www.irishealth.com/article.html?id=5679&var=print
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Justification
• Nature VS. Nurture; Whether teens become obsessed
with celebrities as a reaction to bad relationships in
their own lives, or vise versa
• Socialization; Family: Affects personal relationships
with family and friends
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Media Effects On Teens
Good Exposure
Bad Exposure
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Article:Manohar, U. (2008). Media Effects On Teens. Buzzle.Com. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/media-effects-on-teenagers.html
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Justification
• Psychological Disturbance – teen is faced with emotional
stress.
• Peer/Media Pressure – can encourage positive as well as
negative behavior.
• Nature – natural effects that influence, define/shape a
person
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“Exclusive results: Teens and
Celebrities”
• Editor’s opinion on the relationship
between teens and stars nowadays
• Now: Teens believe they can be stars
• New ways for teens to easily become
famous
• 32% of teens believe personality is more
important than talent
• Paradox
• Social changes
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Justification
• Mass media
• Questionnaire Research Method
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Sexy Media Matter;
Exposure to Sexual Content in
Music, Movies, Television, and Magazines Predicts Black and
White Adolescents
• Objective: To assess over time if exposure to sexual content in 4
mass media used by early adolescents predict sexual behavior in
middle adolescents
• Method: each adolescent was interviewed in person when they
were 12-14. Around 2 years later, interviewed again through
computer
• Conclusion: white teenagers ages 12-14 years old were 2.2 times
more likely to have had sexual intercourse when 14-16. Black
teens are more influenced by their parents’ expectation or their
friends’ sexual behavior than by what they see or hear in the
media
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/117/4//1018
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Justification
• Nature Vs. Nurture: growing up watching T.V &
movies, listening to music can affect a person in the
future
• Media Pressure: the pressures of the media on teens
can have negative & positive affects
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Media Influencing Sexual
Behavior In Teens?
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• Objective – comparison
between influences from
mass media on teen’s sexual
intentions/behaviours to
other social groups
• Method – Interviews as well
as online surveys
• Conclusion – More exposure
of sexual content in
mediagreater chance to
engage in sexual intercourse
earlier.
Kelly Ladin L’Engle Ph.D., M.P.H, Jane D. Brown Ph.D. and Kristin Kenneavy M.A. The mass media are an important context for adolescents’ sexual behaviour.
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Justification
Mass Media Influence Affecting Youth
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“Not one of those screaming girls:
representing female fans in 1990s”
• Hypothesis: Fandom in the 1990s, had an empowering
effect and helped many girls in Germany cope with
change
• Method: Interviews with 90 German girls in the late 1990s
• Conclusion: (Positive) Fandom helps girls overcome harsh
times. (Negative) It can encourage girls to completely
avoid challenges and hard times.
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Justification
• Psychology
- Fandom helps girls cope with their issues
• Social Science Inquiry Method
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Step 1 & 2
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Step 3: Collecting Data
• Survey
• 38 students (19
male, 19 female)
• Open-minded
questions
• Close-minded
questions
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Step 4: Assembling Data
Conclusion
• the results of our survey show that our hypothesis
was correct
• Results also suggest that female teens care more
and are affiliated more with their physical
appearances than male teens
• Keep in mind that only 38 students took this
survey and already there was a huge difference
and great results