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This presentation explores the alarming trend of teenagers using tanning beds, exacerbated by media portrayals of tanned celebrities. It uncovers the aesthetic focus of popular shows, which often neglect the long-term health risks associated with tanning, including skin cancer. Emphasizing the need for awareness, this work analyzes various media avenues that promote tanning as a norm, evaluate how these representations affect youth perceptions about beauty, and suggest actionable ways to combat this detrimental behavior.

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  1. Title Slide • Have name of presentation centered • Your name • Class • Institution • Year

  2. Dying to be Dark: The Negative Effects of Tanning Beds on Teens Jamie Marootian CP English III Pascack Hills High School 2012

  3. Introduction: • Explain what your topic is • Define issue and explain why it’s a concern • Thesis • Avenues

  4. Sample Introduction • Why did I choose this topic? • Personal reasons • General concerns • Story that shocked me

  5. Discovery of Thesis and Avenues • Thesis: Due to the media’s portrayal of over tanned skinned role models and neglect of revealing the dangerous truth, teenagers are tanning more than ever before. • Avenue #1: The media shows the aesthetic affects of tanning and not the unhealthy ones. • Avenue #2: The media does not show what the characters look like when they age. • Avenue #3: The media highlights that in order to fit in, you need to be tan.

  6. Format-Avenue #1 • Point/Source/Analysis • Example • Point/Source/Analysis • Example

  7. Avenue #1: The media shows the aesthetic affects of tanning and not the unhealthy ones. • Example: “My Sweet 16” episode • She burns and comments “I like it!” • Studies show that 23% of burns will eventually turn into skin cancer (Lewis). • Example: “GTL”: Jersey Shore • Stands for “gym”, “tan”, “laundry” : normalizes the behavior • Tan cast members pick on non tan ones

  8. Formant-Avenue #2 • Point/Source • Example • Point/Source • Example

  9. Format- Avenue #3 • Point/Source • Example • Point/Source • Example

  10. Conclusion Points • What could be done to “fix” your issue?

  11. Works Cited

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