increasingly to violence and sexual content.” (Romer and Jaimeson, 7) By the turn of the century, media meant the introduction of social media. In 2010, Fox news stated, “Younger users now utilize Twitter and Facebook to make micro-updates.” With the extension of these social sites, teens are now more exposed to the lives of many celebrities, models, and athletes (i.e., their next big movie deal, their new dietary lifestyle, to even their next court date). This influences teens to do the same as their…
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