Vol. 2024 No. 5 (2024)
Articles

The impact of media image shaping of sports idols on adolescents' health

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  • Wang Di,
  • Youjun He
Wang Di
China Youth Press, No. 21 Dongsier Hutong, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100708, China
Youjun He
China Youth Press, No. 21 Dongsier Hutong, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100708, China
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Published 12-11-2024

Keywords

  • Sports Idols,
  • Media Image,
  • Media Shaping,
  • Adolescent Health

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W. Di and Y. He, “The impact of media image shaping of sports idols on adolescents’ health”, The Young Thinker's Rev., vol. 2024, no. 5, pp. 21–29, Nov. 2024, doi: 10.62852/ytr/2024/99.

Abstract

Adolescents in their quest for self-discovery urgently need an idol to help construct their self-identity. Sports idols, with their spirit of striving for excellence and charismatic personalities, are pursued and admired by teenagers, exerting a significant and profound influence on their growth. Due to the rapid development of mass media, the image shaping of sports idols is inseparable from the media, which presents different characteristics when shaping the media image of sports idols between commercial and public interests, thus having varying impacts, both positive and negative, on teenagers. To shape a positive media image of sports idols, governments and related departments should not only improve athletes' tactical levels but also cultivate their comprehensive qualities; mass media should be aware of their social responsibility and shape a positive image of sports idols; sports idol teams need to communicate with the media and manage their own image well; schools and families, in this process, should reasonably guide teenagers to rationally worship sports idols.

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