Need a Cigarette? They have been banned from television because their message was to influential to be seen by young adults throughout the country. Lawsuits have been fought against these companies for corrupting the mind of the youth and killing thousands of Americans each year. Their only place to reside, and advertise their product, is on the inside of magazine pages and on billboards nestled throughout the highways of America. What is the culprit of …showed first 75 words of 918 total…

…showed last 75 words of 918 total…of a teen idol, which, allows him to attract a wide variety of young, white males, and also some females who find this character attractive. The second part of this theory states that the media shapes the people’s view of reality. Smoking is a reality to everyone, so by placing it in a magazine the media is shaping a reality that is already known so that the message will be even easier to understand.