Violent Speech At Women's March In Washington

America’s youth are being tarnished. In a world filled with technology, it seems the young people of America are slowly losing ground on their capacity to live without social media or internet communications in general. As this happens, those adolescents are quickly being absorbed into the lives of famous people. Celebrities depicted in the world of the media and the 24/7 news cycle as living the extravagant and perfect life with wealth, fame, and beauty. These young people become viewers of the superstars’ daily lives and are subject not only to their extravagant lifestyles but the famous people’s views and actions as well. Views that effect not only the youths’ mindsets, but also their actions. Actions and views that are potentially contributing

One an example of those promotions, specifically depicted as violence in the political spectrum, is when Madonna said at the 2017 Women's March, "I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House(“Madonna gives profanity-Laced speech at Women's March in Washington.”)." The news played her words repeatedly in a continuous loop as well as others with whom she participated with in the march who shared her opinions. Madonna’s violent rhetoric and the Women’s March were covered extensively by newsmen, but the Pro-life movement occurring almost at the same time was hardly covered at all by the press because of its differing political views and lack of volatile speech. Since, “Ninety-two percent of teens report going online daily,” according to “January 2016: Who are America?s Adolescents?”, it is no surprise that youth are being more volatile in speech towards those who believe differently than they

A little more than a few would disagree with media’s representation of celebrities as a cause for impacting the youth’s values in self degrading and jeopardizing ways, but there is evidence saying otherwise. An article, “The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families,” says, “a large part of this generation's social and emotional development is occurring while on the Internet and on cell phones”, so the cause of these effects is not wrong or off base(O’Keefe). A very small few would disagree that adolescents are not being self-degraded or feeling a lack of self-worth when according to statistics, “Eighty percent of women say that watching the women on television make them feel bad about themselves (“Teenage Girls Body Image Statistics”).” Even doctors are starting to see the effects of the media’s propaganda as written in an article by Denis Campbell which says, “Dr Colin Michie, the chairman of the nutrition committee at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, blamed the increase on children’s use of mobile phones and exposure to advertising, citing their ability to constantly look at images of celebrity bodies as a factor in eating disorder cases.” Still, a couple might argue depression is not the spawn of the news. They would be right; depression is not the spawn of the media because “Facebook depression” is(O'Keeffe). The