THE NEW ME.

Submitted By: Aliu Muyibat Oloruntoyin

Location: Lagos, Nigeria 

As part of adobe youth voice alumni, I learned a lot about creating engaging stories that addresses the issue faced at schools and within the communities. Within a social structure, there are many factors that influence how individuals view others and themselves. As an example, an individual’s social class cultural beliefs and commitment to religion will influence how that person function within a social structure.

I was taught how to create fictional stories that address real situations. The instructors taught me how to write film and produce the stories I want to tell. Using a particular methodology that focuses in promoting behavioral change. through this stories, I was able to help my peers identify positive behaviors, and avoiding negative influence and making the right decisions in the face of conflict. in doing so, this has made me more confident and out spoken.

Actually when I firstly started the adobe youth training, I thought its was all just for fun. but when I started understanding what its all about, its really changed my view about what the idea is and I started enjoying it. I can remember so well when I started the training, I was the leader in my team, during my section my group did a video with adobe premier element, when we presented the video. people impression about the video was very impressive and encouraging.

The media has been the most influential tool in my daily life, since my experience in w-tech. I learned that whether or not exposure to media violence causes increased levels of aggression and violence in young people is the perennial question of media effect research. Today the media has played a massive role in my live.

Finally, the media help create and continuously reinforce the (social scripts) that adolescents act out in their daily lives.