Outline

Introduction:  In today's society influences are seen all around us, from famous people and the cars they buy all the way down to the gear a professional athelete wears to help his or her performance.  In between the companies who make these products and the people they want to buy them is one thing, the media.  In American today we are slowly watching the media take over generation after generation with the new technology and advances.


Definition: When I speak about media I am referring to the four main groups of media; Television, Radio, Literature, and the Internet.  Within these four forms of media are numerous sub-groups that specify in just about any thing the media can and will provide for you for such as news reports, blogs and social networks, national public radio, and the worst of all reality television. 

Working thesis #2

Some of the problems the American society is facing with the latest generations of children can be attributed to the information consumed from the American Media.


I feel this working thesis is a good one to start with because it states what I will be talking about, and is broad enough to allow my paper to reach a various amount of topics.

The American Media and It's Effects

     The problem with American media is that the majority of it has no intellectual value and is literally dumbing down our society.  The group of people who are effected most are the younger generation of American who live in the media.  Parents who do not monitor or regulate what their children are watching can be considered to be one of the problems behind this issue.  Many people have tried to suggest things that parents should do to keep their children from watching media that is not suitable for their age such as parental control on televisions. Because of the freedoms we have in America people are not forced to do this so most don't.  In the future if the  American media does not improve its overall content out nation will continue to fall behind other contries as far as intellect goes.