Do you think that reality T.V. affects our kids? Many kids watch reality T.V. and they have not had a positive outcome. Once kids get into a situation they tend to react like how they think their favorite star would. Reality T.V. is not good for kids because it encourages bad behavior, lowers kids self-esteem, and makes kids have a lack of focus.
First once kids watch reality T.V. lowers many kids self- esteem. Lots of these reality T.V. shows give the impression that their value is based on their appearance. Which to me it is not and it should not be to anyone. People should judge each other on you are as a person, not on how you look. For example shows like America's Next, Top Model compete to see who is the prettiest one or best fit for a model, to get 100,000 and a big modeling contract. It would feel horrible to get told that you were not pretty enough or not thin enough that is what leads to people having eating them because own skin. addition, to that Keeping Up WIth The Kardashians is one of the many shows that
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Once teens watch reality T.V. shows they tend to care less about their school work. This can bad because it can take a big toll on their grades. In the show Married to Medicine staring female physicians that many focus on conflicts. Not on their very successful medical jobs. These woman have worked very hard to get their jobs but instead of focusing on that they focus more on conflicts. Lots of teens have shown materialism. Which is bad because they think that having more name brand things is better than their family.
It is obvious that reality T.V. does not have many great effects because it , encourages bad behavior, makes kids have a lack of focus, and lowers their self-esteem. For all of these reasons reality T.V. affects kids in a negative way. There are many positive shows out there like educational shows, historical shows, and even scientific shows. But reality T.V. is not one of
Reality shows that are based on teen pregnancy like 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom sheds light about the troubles on becoming a teen parent, finishing high school and struggling to buy the baby’s need and wants. Lately, these shows are stirring a debate if they are trying to support or avoid teen pregnancy. And this topic is important to the public, because it relates to the young community’s future. Young girls and boys can watch these shows and have different outlooks about having a child. Sometimes, glamorizing teen pregnancy on television might confuse the young community, because they can be fickle at times. They might think it is acceptable to be pregnant so young and others will consider waiting until marriage. Reality shows can either encourage or discourage teen pregnancy based on the individual’s mentality.
According to Winn, television is not 'bad' because programs are violent or have no redeeming educational value (although this is frequently the case). The danger is that watching television is addictive as a form of passive entertainment, and crowds out other, more challenging ways for children to have fun. Instead of reading, children watch TV. Instead of playing outside, children watch TV (and do harm to their health by eating high-fat, high-calorie snack foods). Instead of connecting meaningfully with family and friends, they stare at a screen. And, of course, schoolwork often
First, being so realistic can have negative effects on children. The show promotes bad behavior in almost every situation a kid may go through,
* The main focus of many teen dramas is sex, with each episode containing countless verbal and visual references to sexual activity. These highly sexualized portrayals of relationships bear little resemblance to the real lives of teens—and are generally not balanced by clear messages about safe and healthy attitudes towards sex.
To begin, reality television shows are detrimental to society because they influence bad behavior among teenagers.
In the midst of this generation, reality television has become very popular, it has begun to promote stereotypes. TV critics feel that reality television has been developed to entertain or cheer people up. Some reality shows can be good for individuals who like them, while some of them can be bad, depending on the show. As for opinion, television is the greatest invention that has been made because it helps people learn lessons about life, by educating and to experience new things. It helps to encourage people and can lead them to make important decisions about their futures.
Television is one of the most accessible sources available to citizens. And with reality T.V, it changed the television industry forever. In today 's society, Reality Television plays an important role in people 's everyday lives. Jeremy W. Peters, the author of “When Reality TV Gets Too Real” argued that there should be a limit for how far an reality T.V should go. While James Poniewozik the author of “Why Reality TV Is Good for Us” said that reality T.V was the best thing to happen to television. Some might say television is bad for the society, and some might disagree with that, but reality T.V has proven to be the best thing that ever happened to television.
Anybody who has ever been a policeman, a lawyer, a psychiatrist, an ER doctor, or an FBI agent will attest to the truth that television does not accurately portray their life. In almost all aspects, television rarely depicts the world and life accurately. Too much television results in disillusionment about what to expect from the world around us. TV not only inaccurately portrays life, but it oversimplifies reality. It presents subjects in a matter of minutes and nicely wraps everything up at the end. This harms clear thinking by conditioning you to expect that most problems have a simple, clear solution that can be implemented in 60 minutes or
Today while watching a movie or television show on cable, there were four to five minute breaks of commercials. Most of these commercials consisted of new reality shows. If they were not new, then it was the dates for when they old shows would make a comeback and start another season. Reality television has been in our lives since the 1940s. Although, the shows that were on years ago were much less vulgar than they seem to be now. It appears reality television continues to go down the wrong road. It is seen in many popular reality shows where the characters are almost getting praised for the bad behavior that they show on camera. This is important to know because it is has become a very popular thing for many people to watch, especially young teens. This gives the people in the shows the opportunity to be a role model for teens who might be looking elsewhere other than parents or peers for someone to look up to. It has also been shown that more teens would be interested in signing up to be on a reality show for the chance to gain fame by just about living their life. Reality television has done more harm than good to our society. For the most part, the shows today are showing more things that effects our teens in a more negative way. This left me with the question on does reality television really affect us? There are positives and negative effects on its viewers as well as the effect is has had on the culture of today’s society.
According to Lori Gottlieb, cultural critic and family therapist tells us that “Teens are naturally curious about other people’s lives and want to know how their own lives compare,” I agree with this statement from personal experience. When I was a pre-teen my thoughts always circled around “ when will this end, I tired of it, and do other girls have to go through what I go through on a day to day basis” and resulting in curiousity of others lives and if they were going through the same thing I was at the time. There are also some points where reality can help girls for example inside the article “What Reality TV Teaches Teen Girls” by Meredith Melnick states that “ 65% say such shows introduce new ideas and perspectives, 62% say the shows have raised their awareness of social issues and causes” honestly I agree with this cause it could help adults understand anothers situation, but it can also help the young children by putting themselves in anothers situation and change their perception on veiwing life . I have done this many times and each time it was for the better. I also grew up in a situation where my mothers family were very close minded while my dads family were very open minded and no matter the situation they will listen to both sides of a story and tries to understand and analyze their
Several tv shows today have a negative influence on younger children for this reason perents should be wary of what their children watch on the televion. today many people think that show spongebob is a great show for children ,however the show spongebob encourages kids to make terrible decigions .for instance the eposide when Patrick wanted to act like the life guard larry and then persuaded spongebob to make bizzare and drastic stunts. This eposiod is a bad influence because it can cause kids to partisapat in dangers activaties . anthoner tv show that has a negativeinflunce on kids is rabbits invasion,the show does not help kids inprove or develop their national landuege since they talk in a wierd language in the show for example one
This research will focus on the negative impact of reality TV and analyse facts and examples of influence from reality TV shows. The information provided and studies are referred from year 2000 till present hence it will be based on most recent popular reality TV shows.
Slouching into the velvet couch, I watch as she puts on another designer dress I watch her beautifully shaped body as it glides across the floor to her wealthy man. Ever absorbed by the image in the television I look down at my own smudged shoes. I look across the room in the mirror and I can see nothing but an average girl with no beauty, no fancy clothes and no wealthy man to take care of me. Watching reality television is extremely toxic to the minds of high school girls and how they see reality. The focus on the materialistic things in life opposing, what high school girls need in life. Reality television's disregard for the importance of education causes high school girls to value their education less. And the image portrayed by the actors on reality television causes girls to feel the need for vast aesthetic improvement. It is all these reasons that are distorting the image of reality that these high school girls are facing.
According to a journalist, Sadie Gennis, “Reality TV serves a variety of useful and important functions and I, for one, am a better person because of it.” Reality TV how does it affect our society? Many people believe that reality TV is negative, but I believe that it has a positive effect on our American culture. American reality TV shows can have a positive effect on American culture with its informative shows such as Giada at Home, Shark Tank, and The Biggest Loser.
Media such as the internet, broadcasting, and publishing is a way to express opinions and keep up to date with the latest fashion trends. While these trends continue to go on, new trends are thought of, the trends may be a little tricky to keep up with even for celebrities. While the thought of being perfect for society, cause many adolescents to breakdown for following the false beliefs of society. Some people may use the media to be updated on important news. On the other hand, others believe the media is a horrible setting, resulting in adolescent to do whatever it takes to become just like them, poisoning their minds to become something they are not. The media produces bad influences for body image and messes with adolescents’ minds.