A lot of people blame the media for the effects it has had on premarital sex. A lot of its influence has to do with peers. Different types of adolescent friends tend to behave in the same manner when they are all together. There are four ways that peers can influence each other’s behaviors. The first one is through peer pressure, second is through normative expectations. Normative expectations is the term used when a specific behavior is expected of them. The third is through structuring opportunities, and the final way is modeling. Structural opportunities are when the opportunities arise to which someone can act upon (Schonert-Reichl, K.A). One specific example can be avoiding paying for a candy bar. Modeling is the actual act itself. For example, actually taking from the shelf and stashing it inside one’s pocket (Lesnick, H). This specific information can be interpreted by understanding the impact of the mass media on adolescents. One major example is how MTV and other Music oriented TV listing have an enormous impact on premarital sex. A lot of the music videos that they air portray women in revealing outfits, and this contributes to the effects of mass media’s influence on premarital sex rates. Women shaking their “goods” in celebratory fashion have created controversy across high school dances in America. Just take this video for example that was aired in September 2006 by “The Ying Yang Twins.”
Lesnick, H. (200) "Contestested Premises and Practices". The Moral Stake in Education. Boston:
Schonert-Reichl, K.A. (1999) “Relations of Peer Acceptance, Friendship Adjustment, and social Behavior to Moral Reasoning during early Adolescence” Journal of Early Adolescents, 19, 249-279
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