Does the Media Influence Teen Pregnancy?

Does the Media Influence Teen Pregnancy?By: Dakota Modica

About Me;18 year oldPsychology and

Criminal JusticeFBIMom was a

Paralegal I want to follow,

above and beyond.

Why I Chose This?; Recent Popularity MTV shows Drastic increase.

Statistics; 82% 50% 3 in 10 15% Children ages of 11

to 14 450,000

Graphs;

16%

28%56%

Teen Pregnancy Outcomes: (Ages 15-19)

Fatel Losses: Induced Abortions: Live Births:

Many Sides To A Story;

Two major groups:Strictly the

media.Community or

Interaction of those around them.

Those Who Feel Media Influences Teen Pregnancy;

Sexual content Only 9% Television as a

babysitter. Media is influential

Those who feel the community or interaction of those around them as being the reason of influence in teen pregnancy:

“The Talk”Possible causes

Media Practice Model

Possible Media Intervention

Access, Understand, Analyze and Evaluate

What I believe In?

Parents vs. Media Believe in Faults to

both sides

References: http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/resources/pdf/FastFacts_Media-and-Teen-Pregnacy.pdfhttp://www.bocyf.org/brown_presentation.pdfhttp://www.thenationalcampaign.org/resources/pdf/SS/SS45_16andPregnant.pdfhttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1855842,00.htmlhttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_'The_media'_influence_your_identityhttp://rayuso.hubpages.com/hub/Mass-Media-Influence-on-Societyhttp://teenagermom.wikispaces.com/Graphs+And+Statistics