The mass media influences people of all ages, but a majority of the people that it influences negatively are children. Kids are beginning to watch inappropriate and violent material at such a young age that it is now starting to affect their development. The more susceptible children can be affected drastically, and can start to no longer be able to tell what is real and what is fantasy. These children that are watching violent movies, TV shows, and video games have more potential to become violent …show more content…
There are so many things that teenagers and adults can do on the internet, and one of the things that people decided on was finding new ways to make other people feel bad about themselves. Cyberbullying is now officially a crime, and the occurrence of it actually helped make all kinds of bullying become a crime. Social media is something that created and then proceeded to help stop an entire genre of crime, all within about ten years. While it seems like it happens more frequently, only about 20-40% of adolescents have been a victim of cyberbullying. Studies show that the media is something that almost all kids want to be a part of, no matter how they are treated once they are (dem