The media is one of the main influences that young people are surrounded by today. When this topic comes up, the media is always presented as negative and we rarely focus on the positive. The way our young students today act is a reflection of what our media demonstrates. Not everything the media shows or describes is what our young people will follow. Overall, we should embrace our culture and try to improve the way our media is presented to our youth. We are influenced by everything around us. How we perceive it and how it affects us can sometimes be something we can't help. We can see how media affects us every day just by looking at the way someone dresses or behaves. Media is presented in countless ways in our lives. This is why we act the way we do and develop differently from other cultures in the world. Often when we think about how media affects our youth today, we think of it as a negative effect. When in fact, it is not always so degrading for our youth. Although much of the media can have a negative impact on our young ones, it can also affect them positively. Many media outlets these days can include positive music or shows that teach our youth positive morals or values. newspapers and the Internet) considered collectively. From this definition, we can assume that any type of music, TV show, movie, newspaper articles, and websites are considered media. So in a country where sex sells and the style is to be different and rebel against your authorities, we would consider our media to be doing a poor job at...... middle of paper .... .. Silberman-Keller (Eds.), Learning in Place: The Informal Education Reader (pp 109-111.). New York: Parker LangMerriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.). (1996). Springfield, Missouri: Merriam-Webster Dictionary. McRobbie, A. (1993). Feminist declassification and youth media culture. London: McSmithson. Morley, D. (1989). Television and interpersonal family media: Cultural laws and the effects of media attention. London: Comedia Provencia, E. (1998). Children's video: Making sense of Nintendo video games. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Tapscott, D. (2009). Growing up digitally and virtually: the rise of the Internet generation. New York: McGraw-Hall. Wertch, P (2003). Mind as action. NY: Oxford University Papers. Willis, P. (2010). Shared Culture: Symbolic Work and Play in Young Son Culture Peter Letterford, England: Open University Press.