The other day as I turned on my TV, I saw a hit story where a celebrity was going to jail for drinking and driving. As I sat and watched this happen, I thought about all the teens that looked up to this celebrity as a role model and how society feels about this person making such a bad mistake. Watching your role model go to jail is not the best thing, because you try to follow in their footsteps. However, it could cause you to ruin your life.
Later that day, I went to the store and saw a magazine while waiting in line.It had had a celebrity on it and this celebrity was drunk and walking out of a bar smoking a cigarette. As I read through the magazine, I started to think about how bad of an influence this person was on teens and society all together. According to my research on both sides, I have come to the conclusion that celebrity influence is negative on teenagers and society. Celebrities can be a very good influence on teens and society. A lot of celebrities help to enhance teens and societies understanding of curriculum subjects, like math or science.
Celebrities also help to inform teens and society about drugs, sex, diseases, pregnancy, alcohol and smoking, so they know what these things can do to you and how they can affect your life in a negative way (Manohar). They are also very good role models for showing teens that donating to people in need and that are adopting children that are in need of a home is a good thing to do to help them out. Some celebrities also are a good role models for teens and society on how they portray themselves in public.Celebrities can be good influences for helping society and giving to people that are in need, for example when tornadoes or hurricanes hit celebrities try to go to these places and help clean up or help give out food and drinks (Ava). Celebrities also show teens that it is important to get help whenever you need it most (Jackman). Celebrities can be great role models for teens when it comes to things that they are interested in.
There are many celebrities that inspire people or teens to fulfill their full potential and achieve greatness in their lives. Celebrities influence teens on a lot of fashion ideas and tips.They show teens neat tricks on how to look good all during the year. There are many things celebrities do that influence teens in positive ways, for instance, when a celebrity hears about tragedies in other countries or states they try to go and help the people by supplying them with food drinks, money and schools for the children.
When it comes to being clean and having good hygene, celebrities are always looking for new things to try. They show teens that good hygene is very important by doing commercials for face washes; body washes, and even shampoos and conditioners.They also do commercials about living above the influence of drugs, alcohol and peer pressure. Celebrities try to show teens that doing or giving in to these things can cause a lot of harm to them. Most celebrities become celebrities at a young age and because of this they have to be homeschooled, and so celebrities try to show teens that even if your famous you still have to go to school and graduate and get your diploma because it is very important that you have it as you get older (jackman).
Celebrities are not always positive influences for teens, they’re usually very negative.There are a lot of celebrities that like to go out and drink and this causes some of them to end up with drinking problems which then leads to having drug problems and that makes them very bad influences for teens and society. They also influence teens and society to do very negative things like going out to parties, drinking alcohol, and smoking (jackman). A lot of teens look up to celebrities as there role model and when they see that this celebrity is on a diet or is very thin, it makes them want to look that way and so teens end up with serious issues like eating disorders.
The television and internet are very prominent in today’s society. Many teenagers waste most of their time watching TV and logging on to the internet instead of focusing on their education just because of the celebrity influence. As a result of watching TV and getting on the internet, teens see videos of their favorite celebrities doing things that are dangerous and so they try to imitate them and it sometimes ends up causing harm to the teens. In today’s society, there are many teens that are committing suicide because of the media or because of celebrities that have don’t the same thing (“Negative Effects of Celebrities on Society”).The negative influence that celebrities have on teens causes very many problems in today’s society.
There are many celebrities that show teens or tell teens that it is okay to go out at 16 and get pregnant when it is clearly not the right thing to be doing. Celebrities also influence teens to go out and have intercourse all the time with more than one person and then say that it is okay when its really not and could cause serious problems (Zachary). Teenagers are always spreading rumors about other people and this is usually brought on by a celebrity aying something about another person and the teen thought that maybe it would make them more popular if they did the same thing which is a very negative thing to do and it could really hurt someone. When teens get caught up in trying to stay with what their favorite celebrities are up to it causes them to end up with bad eating habits because when they see their favorite celebrity eating fast food it makes them go out and eat that food all the time.While there so interested in following in the celebrities footsteps they start to gain weight and get out of shape because they stop exercising and they spend more time on the internet and watching TV.
When teens get online they usually look up music to listen to, and most of the time their favorite songs come from their favorite celebrity. When they listen to these songs the lyrics influence the teens the most and some of the songs can cause some teens to become violent.As a result to the music teens hear from celebrities and the shows they see, they start to become more violent and they sometimes cause a lot of harm and it sometimes leads to death or serious injuries(“Negative Influences of Media on Society”). According to my research on both sides of the issue, I have come to the conclusion that celebrity influence is negative on teenagers and society all together. I believe that most celebrities are very bad role models for teenagers. From all the information that I have found, very little of it was positive most of the information was very negative.
Celebrities are very important in today’s society and from what information I have gathered, their influence on teens and society is not positive at all. Celebrities show teens that it is okay to go and do things in this world that is illegal or inappropriate and it causes teenagers to get into a lot of trouble. So overall my personal opinion is that celebrities are very negative influences for teens and society and as a teenager myself I would rather live for myself instead of trying to follow in someone else’s footsteps and end up in trouble later on down the road because of a so called role model.
