Article 1This article talks about the effects of media exposure on teenagers and the violence it can lead to. Using social conflict theory, it portrays that the media exerts a harmful impression on today's children. The article shows how crime statistics have not decreased arrests for violent crimes committed by young delinquents (Fowler, 2002). The article also shows how APA is working with federal programs to help resolve these harmful effects that the media is describing. The article shows that the media is responsible for the social conflict these teenagers are faced with. The APA and other organizations along with the federal government are fighting this problem from every angle (Fowler, 2002). While the article discusses some statistics, it may inflate them by not including a breakdown of what violent crimes are being committed. The article could also have included how much this implementation had on resolving these effects on young offenders. It could also have indicated which media supported their campaign and which did not. The media influences people of all ages, but violence depicted in the media is having harmful effects on young people by desensitizing them before they have a chance to fully understand what they are watching. Video games, movies, and television statistics should have been included in this article to give the reader a better understanding of which sources contribute the most to this problem. Reference Fowler, R. (2002). Fight against youth violence. Monitor, 33(4). Retrieved from: http://apa.org/monitor/apr02/rc.aspxArticle 2This article uses the structural-functional approach to combat the effects of media on adolescents...... half of the paper...... on how to combat the media age that dedicates time to the family but offers no other suggestions for parents to follow. There should be more information about the ongoing research and the results of this research. Research mentions most of the ways we communicate online and this is becoming a problem. However, to combat a problem you must first understand how it was created. This is a technological society and to reduce it you need to slow it down. There doesn't seem to be a solution to this problem yet, and the best researchers can do is better understand user habits. ReferenceNovotney, A. (2010). Surviving the media onslaught: Psychologists' research points to ways Americans can find balance between the online and offline worlds. Monitor, 41(10). Retrieved from: http://apa.org/monitor/2010/11/media.aspx