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Mass media have always played a considerable role in promoting popularity or sometimes criticizing things, particularly youth subcultures. Young people can use media to express themselves by creating documentaries, Internet blogs, multimedia art installations, and their own recorded poetry or music. Yet media can spread propaganda, encourage violence & destruction. As adolescents become more immersed in media-saturated environments, they may be adversely affected by these negative messages. Negative influences:
Media have an immeasurable impact on the lives of young people. As the world becomes more media-saturated, young people increasingly turn to television, the Internet, video games, newspapers, music & radio as models for development. Positive influence: Still young people recognize that media can also play an educational role. As the information highway becomes faster, cheaper & more accessible, young people over the world are finding new ways to educate themselves & some schools are taking advantage of media as a supplement resource.