Analysis and evaluation of the effects of media to the Filipino youth

Intro
Media play a significant role in our world. Today, as we are living in the 21stCentury, our life
would be incomplete without media. It consists of television, Internet, cinema, newspapers,
radio, magazines, direct mail, fax, and the telephone. But as media became a part of our lives,
it has affected us in many ways. It helps make communication and the distribution of
information much easier. But that’s not all, for it also have adverse effects especially to the youth

The world of media is very useful but dangerous at the same time. Filipino teenagers tend to
engage in different forms of media without thinking the possible effects of it to their
lives. Media emerged into social media which Filipino youth had been using nowadays.
We cannot deny the fact that media has been continuously shaping our lives as young
individuals. It is through media that we get most of the information that we need to help us
in our studies. It is a big help for us, students, for it helps answer questions, provides
information needed and educates us in many ways. Another more obvious example of how
beneficial media is how it connects people worldwide. It enables us to stay connected
of what is happening around us without physical meetings. But since the use of media
became popular to youth, it caused them some of the dangers of it. As the Global Media
Journal said, “Filipino youth today are more the products of mass media rather than their genes
or school, or least of all, their homes.”. It simply means that as the evolution of media occurs, it
has also affected youth in bad ways. Example of this is the television which has the
potential to generate both positive and negative effects since youth tend to believe easily what
they see and do such things without thinking the possible consequences. Many teenagers
spend nights without sleep using social media which affects their health and performance
in school. Media violence has also been increasing and may influence teens that are prone to it.
It also caused the youth to be more anti-social because they are always glued to their phone,
affects their physical activities and lessens the time they spend with their family.

Media literacy is important to youth since we are prone to the dangers of media. In the
modern world we are living today, the use of media is inevitable for it became a part of our
life.