Effects of the media

The media can have a strong influence on the way people think and picture the world. Everywhere we go, we see advertisements either on television, magazines, the Internet, etc... A lot of these advertisements tell the public whats in style and how you should look in order to be fit in. For example, an advertisement can show that you have to be a certain size, be muscular, or wear a certain type of clothing. This could lead to many problems because a person might start to think how advertisements want them to think. A person might say to him/herself that in order to be happy and fit in, they have to look or act differently. They have to stop being themselves and change in order to impress someone else.
One way that the media can have a major influence on someone is questioning their weight. Advertisements can show someone who is thin and looks happy, and people will think that the person in the advertisement is beautiful or handsome. This will then make someone think that in order to look handsome or beautiful and be happy, they would have to look like the person in the advertisement. The person will then question themselves whether they are to fat and have to lose weight to look like someone else. Many people try to lose weight, but some do it in an unhealthy way and this can cause serious health problems such as anorexia. The person will be so determined to lose weight that they can become extremely skinny and with health problems and this is the fault of the media because it gives the impression that everyone has to be a certain way.
We should all be aware of this because it can happen to anyone. Next time we see an advertisement in any form of the media, we should figure out what it wants from us and not fall in it's trap that can lead to serious problems in the future. And if we find someone falling in the trap, we should help that person, and not let that person try to impress another someone else by being someone they are not.