The Negative Effects Of Media On Young People

If the parents have being drinking or being involved with drugs, if children have been brought up around this. They are going to see this as being the right thing to do, and the circle will repeat itself. If children do grow and be involved with drinks and drugs it is not their fault but the parents due to their up, bring. The structed of families have also changed in recent years for example single parents. Among families with children, the numbers of married couples, cohabiting couples and one parent families all increased, with cohabiting couples showing an increase of 25.4% (Examiner, 2017). Cohabiting parents and in recent years same sex parents. In 2016 4,226 people indicated that they were in a registered same-sex civil partnership

There are many types of media which includes, television, newspapers, computers, music and magazines. This allows people to find out information of what is happening in the world. The media can inform us, persuade us, entertain us and sometimes changes us.
In today’s world the media can present young people in different ways and try to make them out that something they aren’t. “Inequality and the stereotyping of Young People explore the negative stereotyping of young people and the way in which young people themselves think they are perceived and treated by adults” (Devlin, 2006).
As the media can play a large part of people’s lives in a positive way but is prone to stereotyping young people in a negative way. Young people felt to be the subject of stereotypical ideas and images, and of prejudicial and discriminatory treatment based on such ideas and images (Devlin,

As young people are stereotyped, and this has an impact on their lives, this information should be included in any training with anyone that is involved with young people. Anyone that is involved with working with young people, should have experience and a clear understanding of working with young people to help them have a close relationship.
The Equality Authority and the National Youth Council of Ireland should seek sponsorship for a national media award scheme (along the lines of Positive Images in Britain or the National Youth Media Awards in Australia) to encourage and promote positive media representations of young people. The National Youth Council of Ireland and its member organisations should be supported by the Youth Affairs Section of Department of Education and Science in the establishment of a young people’s media programme in which young people would themselves research, write and produce materials for use in the professional media (similar to Children’s Express, UK). The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform should review the provisions of the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004, whereby the age ground applies only to people over 18 (Devlin,