In Liliana Escobar-Chaves and Craig Anderson’s “Media and Risky Behaviors”, two dangerous and very important trends are discussed. First of all, they state that United States adolescence spends more and more time with media; the average U.S. teen spends one-third of his or her day in front of some form of electronic media. Secondly, They state that American youth are doing very unhealthy things such as drinking, violence, smoking, obesity, and even sexual risk taking. They use statistics like, “More than 20 percent of American high school students have sexual intercourse for the first time before they reach the age of fourteen.”, to point out that the media is causing a majority of these problems. When and adolescent person is presented with information, that information will make an impact on his or her life. In the teen years people are most succeptable to outside influence.

            Henry Lowood, on the other hand, has very different views on electronic media than those of Liliana Escobar-Chaves and Craig Anderson. He spends his time restoring video game artifacts and video games. Lowood believes that video games have a history worth preserving and a culture worth examining.

1.     How do your views on electronic media compare to the two readings?

2.     Which of these two readings resembles your opinion the most?

3.     Do you think that the effects of electronic media will intensify or subside?

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