YOUTH & MEDIA THE EFFECT OF MEDIA ON TODAYS YOUTH Pray
Day
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Effects of Television on youth Learning watching television
takes time away from reading and schoolwork. Violence average youth
sees 12,000 violent acts on television annually, including many
depictions of murder and rape. Nutrition Youth are less physically
fit and more likely to eat high fat and high energy snack foods.
Sexuality Television exposes children to adult sexual behaviors in
ways that portray these actions as normal and risk-free. Alcohol
& Smoking One-half of the G-rated animated feature films, as
well as many music videos, show alcohol and tobacco use as
normative behavior without conveying the long term consequences of
this use Advertising The average youth sees more than 20,000
commercials each year.
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Effects of Television on youth
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Effects of Television on youth
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Effects of Television on youth
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SOCIAL MEDIA are forms of electronic communication through
which users create online communities to share information, ideas,
personal messages, and other content.
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Top Social Media Platforms for teens Facebook Instagram 71% 52%
Snapchat 41% Twitter Google + 33% Vine 24% Tumblr 14% Different
Social Media Site 11% 71% of teens use more than one social network
site
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? WHAT DO YOU THINK is the average age of a child/youth to
regularly consume online media FYI: Facebook has a 13 year old
minimum age requirement
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90% have used social media. 75% have used social networking
accounts. Facebook has 5 million profiles for users under 10. 39%
of online teens admitted to falsifying their age. Social Media on
youth
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? WHAT DO YOU THINK how often are teens using Social Media
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Boys Using Social Media 60% 28% Daily Weekly 12% Less Often
Girls Using Social Media 75% 13% Daily Weekly 12% Less Often Social
Media daily use
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Social networks Casual games Pornography/erotic materials
Illegal software Gambling Forums and chats Web mail Online stores ?
WHAT DO YOU THINK is the percentage of time that children and youth
access the following online
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Internet what you access
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Exposure to inappropriate advertising online is one of the many
risks that parents, youth advocates, and policy makers are
concerned about. Found last year that 30% of online teens say they
have received online advertising that is clearly inappropriate for
their age. Caution internet users
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YOUTH & MEDIA PRAYER ITEMS Pray Day
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Prayer Item #1 Youth & Media Pray for Ourselves Every day
the world value system bombards us through the news we listen to or
read, the television shows and movies we watch, the Internet we
spend time on, the music we listen to, the video games we play, and
through the magazines and tabloids that jump off the store racks at
us. While its irresponsible to blame all of our culture problems on
the media, there is a dark side that draws most of us into its web,
whether its emotional, sexual, intellectual, spiritual, or
physical. We need to pray first of all for ourselves, that we will
acknowledge there is a battle going on for our hearts and minds and
souls, and that we will ask God for wisdom and discernment to see
through unhealthy entertainment choices we are making regarding
ourselves and our friends. We are responsible for what we allow to
come into ourselves via the media.
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Prayer Item #2 Youth & Media Pray for the People Creating
Media Contents Today, we have an array of entertainment choices not
even dreamed of a few decades ago. Unless we are living in caves,
we are aware of the extreme violence, vulgarity, sexual immorality,
explosion of pornography through the Internet, and the tearing down
of biblical values that has taken place as movies, television
shows, singers and musicians, and celebrities all push their own
ethics, values and belief systems. But the fact is that what comes
out of the entertainment industry will not change until the hearts
of the people creating the content change. And the only way their
hearts will change is through the power of God, which calls us to
pray for them. Miracles still happen, and God is still the same. It
truly is that important.
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Prayer Item #3 Youth & Media Pray for the Christians
Working in the Secular Media Every day, thousands of Christians
work in the arena of secular media and entertainment, trying to be
salt and light in what are often difficult and challenging
workplaces. There are numerous Christian writers, directors, and
producers who are developing projects with a Christian focus,
designed to make an impact in this culture. We need to pray that in
every area of the media God will equip believers with the
creativity and skills to bring such excellent projects forward that
they will counter the flooding of our culture with Hollywoods
morality. And we also need to pray for the vast Christian media
that is already in place, that it will be authentic, powerful, true
to the Word of God, and filled with the creativity of the Holy
Spirit.
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Prayer Item #4 Youth & Media Pray for the Journalists A
survey showed that 63 percent of us believe that news stories are
often inaccurate. Many believe that much of the news is slanted
toward what contributes to hype and fear, that if it bleeds, it
leads, and that pop culture and sleaze dominate over what is truly
news worthy. Because journalists wield so much power through their
words and images, through what they report and how they report it
and what they dont report, journalists need our prayers just as
much as our leaders.