is social media controlling

Is social media controlling?

Since the whole social networking sites erupted in 2003, and is continuing to expand  many of the public have had problems with them, more so with the most latest social network sites such as Facebook,Twitter,Tumblr,whatsapp and many more due to the fact a lot of younger audience's are getting bullied.
















the worse issue you hear a lot off  lately is mental health issues such as anxiety, depression,eating disorder, self-harm. according to the NHS trust 25% increase in the number of young people needing treatment to depression and self harm in the last year and this will increase a lot more over the years as more and more children and young adults involve their lives with the world of social media.

i think  social media is  very controlling to a young audience as most  of the public associate their life's with  the social contact of friends and family. most of today's generation are bullied on these sites than at school, it's called cyber bullying and the affects of this is a lot stronger than you average bullying , as with online bullying it is easier to hide but the worse to control, most of today society are boys who suffer more with cyber bullying . 

'69% of young people experience cyber-bullying before the age of 18' 
http://www.ditchthelabel.org/dealing-with-cyberbullying/?gclid=CNvchtj--cECFWfKtAodqx8ATA

people who are being bullied on social networking site are more likely to get depressed and as a result to this teenagers/children or even young adults are more likely to turn to self-harm or even suicide.


How social media is controlling?

over the passed few years the media industry has became a lot darker in the sense of the media being very stereotypical on certain areas for example; young girls or even female celebrities are plastered all over the newspaper and magazines to look a certain way, and if they don't reach the expectations of what the publishers want they either SLAM then for who they really are or airbrush them to pure perfection, to be honest what is perfection these days?

i know from experience that with the whole media communication (social networking sites) i have to read it every morning and read it just before i go to bed and even if i go out longer than five minutes i am checking it the split second i am home, a lot of young people are like this which does get a lot of people down. as each year follows on from the next the worse it gets but if there comes a time where there are no more social networking sites not one of us out there will not know what to do.

Eminem

 

Eminem – Marshall Mathers

 

Marshall Bruce Mathers is known by two stage names more than his actual name which is: Eminem and slim shady, Marshall was born on the 17^th October 1972 and was raised in St  Joseph Missouri United States and moved to Detroit Michigan United States. When Eminem was younger he didn’t know what hip hop was until his uncle Ronnie introduced it to him at the age of 14 but before he started going into the music industry, he seen himself as a bit of a story tell and wanted to be came a comic book writer. Since Eminem has been out he has had 8 albums released and 14 films, the film most people would recognise is 8 mile which is based on his starting out career.

When Eminem was starting out not a lot of other rappers liked what he was rapping about which coursed a lot of rap battles most of the rappers in hip hop are from a different race and didn’t see that white people could rap as well as them, there is song that says what happened to Eminem when all of it kicked off when one of the rappers was saying stuff about Eminem‘s daughter and that Eminem stabbed him when he didn’t. Eminem was addicted to prescription pills which lead him to go to rehab because he was so depend on them, through being on the drugs he became suicidal "I just wasn't taking care of myself, at times I wanted to just give it up."

 The song is called ‘like toy soldiers ‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lexLAjh8fPA

I think Eminem is a really good artist as through-out his songs he raps about how he would like to change his life for the better and wished he never got hooked on the prescription drugs because all he wanted was a better life for his two daughters which is described in songs such as “mocking bird”, “when im gone” all these two songs are about his him wanting to change his life around and wishing his children had a better life than he did growing up.

In the hip-hop world most artist rap about money, drugs, sex but what makes Eminem so different is that he raps about his life and what happened and how it made him feel, how he wants to change it if he could. Eminem raps about his life as a way to show he is his own person and he does follow other rappers. When he first started out there was only one person who believed in him was his mentor Dr Dre and the more Eminem started rapping the more  Nas and Jay-Z didn’t like it and started saying stiff about Eminem and his family which started a battle against to hip-hop gangs which led to a murder. Naz and Jay-Z though it would be clever to start a battle war against Eminem and rap about his family then once they finished 50cent though well if they could do it then I could and carried it on, but once the violence kicked in after the whole rapping ‘about Haile’s name in a song’ Eminem just lost it because in hip-hop you never mention anyone’s family otherwise its classed as personal, in the end 50 started rapping about stopping the battle before someone got hurt which turned out to be one of Eminem’s and Dr Dre’s gang members by getting shot and that’s when Eminem said enough is enough.

Interview on Eminem

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20fob-q4-t.html?ref=eminem

I think these questions have backed up my point from above that Eminem does want to change his life and if he could he would for the better as he was on drugs before and now is clean and has been for ages.

Does Slim Shady, your raping and killing alter ego, still exist? Or have you split with him?

Shady still exists. But I don’t think the subjects on this record call for, you know, bring the chainsaws and axes out and murder everyone on this record. There was so much stuff like that off the last record that I felt like I was starting to run it into the ground. I think consciously I went in a different direction with this record.

Do you regret having written so many songs that refer to women as “bitches” and “hos” who exist solely for your pleasure?

Anything I’ve ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time. But I think I’ve calmed down a bit. My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.

How do you stay sober?

My kids, and also I see a rehab counsellor once a week. I’ve been clean for two years.

‘But the overdose scared him. Early last year he hospitalized himself, went through rehab and started the full 12-step program of a recovering addict, complete with meetings, a sponsor and a therapist. Mr Mather’s, 36, says he has stayed sober since April 20, 2008.’ This is another example of my opinion of why he is a good artist because it’s proving that he would want to change his life and what he sings is true.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/arts/music/24pare.html?ref=eminem

 

Looking back at what I have wrote and what I have read Eminem is extremely different compared to other rappers he says how his life really is like now and back to him growing up. The other reason why he is different from other rappers is that he raps about his life and not money and girls in a non respected way.

entertainment news

Entertainment news

 

The E! News is a platform created for women who have an interest in celebrities and what is happening in their lives daily. Entertainment is based on TV programme and online page which you can access on the go, and when you don’t have a chance to watch the show you can always catch up on its website.

Entertainment news is based on news, gossip, and fashion. Not only is it a TV programme but it has its own channel where you can catch up with the latest A lister’s such as ‘keeping up with the Kardashians’. The layout on this website is very easy to follow you have a sub-headings across the top which are highlighted in different bright colours, which by the way  there are highlighted to catch people’s attention to go and see what each sub-heading links to.

The website is giving out  every piece of information is updated and can go back to a couple of months back this is a good thing because if you either missed the programme and need to catch up you can or if you wanted to re-watch your favourite programme you could. The website is easy to find and search for anything you wanted so as a student I find this really helpful. 

 Once every couple of hours on the E! News you will be able to see celebrity news updates, telling you about what is happening in royal family and celebrity life. What you also can find out if the gossip you hear is true or false which appears on few shows a day.

 I really enjoy watching this channel as it gives gossip about celebrities, the best and worst of the red carpet gowns and it allows me to get involved into celebrity world; I occasionally watch the shows with my mum which adds to the enjoyment.