Booktalk

The book that i read was Just Listen by Sarah Densen. It was about a girl named Annabel and she talks about how her life was when she was a little girl. She talked about how she had her best friends that lived in her neighborhood, Sophie and Clarke were very close and did everything together. Throughout the book she then talks about what is going on with her life right now at the time. She is in high school and the friends that she use to have are not her friends anymore because she became a model and she became a different person. She changed and became really stuck up and snobby and she lost her friends because of that. No one talks to her at school they just ignore her. Throughout the book she starts having more problems. She finds out her older sister Kristen has an eating disorder. Everything starts going bad and she is stuck and doesnt know what to do. One day a new boy comes to school his name is Owen and he is a very truthful and nice guy. He makes her realize how much friends are important helps her out with her problems and tries to get her on the right path. He makes her open up her eyes and convinces her to talk to her old friends and show them the old Annabel the one before she became a model.

I really enjoyed reading this book because it is a book about a teenage girl that goes through real problems that can happen to any teenage girl. I liked this book because it talks about the real life situations a teen might go through. Lots of things can change a person real fast and they might not even know it until someone else tells them and makes them open their eyes. I would highly reccomend this book to anyone because it talks about real situations any teenager can go through and many people can relate to this book.

controversey paper

Bianca Ballines

What influences kids and teenagers behavior? This question made me interested in researching about kids and teens and how some movies and T.V. shows influence them. I think that parents need to be more careful with the T. V. shows their children watch. The government needs to censor violent T.V. shows and movies. I enjoy learning about people and what causes them to do the things they do. It is very interesting for me to see what goes on inside their head and how Hollywood and the media play a big part of what influences a person and how.

            I know a lot of people that when they watch a certain television show for example Jersey Shore. A lot of the kids my age watch the show and try to act like the cast of the T.V. show. This is an example on how media and movies influence teens. With that being said, if kids and teens watch violent T.V. shows they are going to see violence being approved by society because of the famous Hollywood stars being the characters in the movies and are the once acting out violence. My younger cousin Monse loves the show Hanna Montana. Everything the character does she tries to mimic what she does. She tries to dance like her and talk like her and dress like her.

On an article that I read it talks about how Hollywood impacts young teens and their sexual behavior. It is about two colleagues that try to survey different schools and a diverse group of 72 students and asked these questions. First they asked them about every medium that they come into contact with television movies and radio. Then they ask them about their views on sex and marriage. The article explains the different view points of teenagers and parents and what their opinions are of sex and marriage.(tuning into teenagers)
Parents need to start  keeping more of an eye on their children because more and more kids and teenagers listen alot to the media to know what is their expected behavior to be part of the "in" group. Some are not part of the "in" group and when they watch telivision and t.v. shows they see how everyone in school acts a certain way and dresses a certain way it's because of the media.The four students in the Anoka-Hennepin School District who took their lives after enduring harassment and bullying based on their perceived GLBT orientation. The Rutgers University freshman who killed himself after his dorm-room sexual encounter was posted on the Internet by his roommate (The sad Truth). Many kids have self esttem issues so they turn to telivision and internet to find out what is accepted by society. The government should censor certain websites and telivision shows shown on telivision. 

Jounral Controversy

I believe that parents shouldn't expose their kids to violent t.v. shows and movies. Kids and teens are greatly influenced by media and hollywood actors. Therefore if kids are being exposed to violent t.v shows or movies they are most likely to want to immitate the person they are watching on telivision. Watching violence makes kids think that violence is okay and acceptable.

Article#2 substance abuse

"The Media Encourage Teen Substance Abuse." Los Angeles Times (2 Jan. 1997). Rpt. in Teens at Risk. Ed. Auriana Ojeda. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Opposing Viewpoints. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 7 Oct. 2010.

 

This article talks about how most teenagers spend most of their time watching television and video games. They spent more hours of their day devoted to games and telivision, more time they spent with teachers at school.Concerns have arisen periodically in this country over media content to telivision. About 15 percent of teens admitted to drinking. There are 3.6 million americans hooked on cocaine. the  reason being media saying it's ok.

Strasburger, Victor C. "Tuning in to teenagers: we need to study the impact of Hollywood on kids' sexual behavior, even if it is controversial." Newsweek 19 May 1997: 18+. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2010.

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This article mainly focouses on how Hollywood  impacts young teens and their sexual behavior. It is about two colleagues that try to survey different schools and a diverse group of 72 students and asked them questions. First they asked them about every medium that they come into contact with telivision movies and radio. Then they ask them about their views on sex and marriage.


I chose this artical because it explains how hollywood is responsible for the irresponsible behavior of young teenagers. This article explains the different view points of teenagers and parents and what their opinions are of sex and marriage.

Controversey Movies

I am interested in researching about how movies are responsible for the irresponsible behavior in today's youth. I am interested to find out what other people think about this issue. Many movies and television shows have a lot of violence which is not good for your kids.