Adolescents and the Media – Informal tone & structure

I found that this “piece” of writing I am not even sure what to call it was definitely a lot different than the other 3 essays and editorials. It was definitely informal tone and had informal structure. It’s not enough to say this was bad it was just “different”. I must say that it was nice how the author had the sub headings, at least if the author wasn’t clear on the point he was trying to make in his/her paragraphs the subheadings would at least some what clarify things. This also made this piece of writing very organized and was fun to read, because with the subheadings you knew what you were about to read. For example the author had a main heading called “What we know” and then subheadings such as media violence, teen suicide, sec, drugs obesity and eating disorders and learning problems.

As far as content goes, the content was pretty good, not only did the author talk about how the media affected children and teenagers with violence, but the author talked about how it affected them negatively with drugs, sex, alcohol, school, etc. I found that was very good because it does have a somewhat bad effect on them. I also found it good how the author had an effective introduction to state what he was talking about and then had to major headings called what we know, and then the 6 or so subheadings and the “we don’t know” subheading.

It is clear that this piece of writing has no formality once so ever in tone and structure therefore talking about it would just be stating the clear obvious. I do agree on what the author says on how young children are watching way too much television, and on top of that the majority of children and teenagers have their own televisions in their room. This means they can watch what ever program they want without being hassled by their parents. I find young children are very curious so if they find something on television that they know they shouldn’t be watching they seem to just watch it anyways, even if they say it’s just for a second, which second will turn in to one hour. And pretty soon they’ll be watching this inappropriate program on a regular basis. I myself had a television in my room when I was small, so I am speaking from experience here.