Television vs. Reality

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.

* 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.

In sociology, the term deviance refers to behaviors or attitudes which go against certain cultural norms. It is evident that deviance is a fascinating topic not only for sociologist, but for television industry and its viewers, as well. In recent years, increasing number of shows begun to feature individuals violating every kind of social norm from folkways to taboos. The Secret Life of the American Teenager, an American television series on the ABC Family television network, is one of the many contemporary shows that portray deviant behaviors on national television. It’s intended for the target audience of teens and their families who are trying to cope in a culture where teen girls and boys are sexually active.

Television shows have changed dramatically during the last 50 years. What was funny or popular 1, 5, 10 years ago, is now obsolete. The innocence of popular television shows from the 1960s has been overtaken with shows that would have been risqué. This will be demonstrated by describing the difference between “Leave It To Beaver” and “Modern Family.”

First of all, a number of audience didn’t agree or approve the family show for the differences of racism and sexualities. This family show could be a bad influence on teens or it can encourage them on discovering different experiences.

I like how in your post you brought up some common misconceptions that we have of the older adult population. There are so many lite hearted jokes around sexual dysfunction and the drugs to treat when thinking about older adult population in our society. It is a huge misconception that we have and a very popular one. We tend to think this to only be a problem for people that are older, but in reality sexual dysfunction effects men and women of all ages. I do like however, that this sitcom at least touches that the older population is not prude. During my Med Surg clinical last semester I noticed how when doing history on the older patients the nurse would often skip the sexual health section. I can only assume it is because we

In the sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond, airing on CBS in the late 90’s and early 2000’s we see an nuclear white family with two parents, two kids, grandparents, and a set of other relatives. The target audience appears to be within the age of 18-35 for this time period in comparison to other shows such as Frazier or Will and Grace. The family is very middle class oriented as far as the home, clothing, and jobs of the characters go. They live in the suburbs and are never too hurt for money. Playing into this story also comes the subtle humor and remarks at sexual acts that happen very often throughout each scene. However, you never actually see these sexual acts take place and there is no point of uncomfortable actions throughout this

For instance, several studies have found that individuals endorsing high levels of loneliness and related emotions are more likely to engage in parasocial relationships with favored media (Baek, Bae, & Jang, 2012; Greenwood & Long, 2009). Moreover, parasocial relationships may also provide viewers with an important source of belongingness (Derrick, Gabriel, & Hugenberg, 2009). Despite the variety of individual characteristics that have been found to be associated with parasocial relationships, the ways in which these relationships may exist within the sexual minority community remain

In each show, there was some sort of sexual action between the characters. This is very common now in TV shows and movies, as it “makes a good story.” In all three episodes, it was implied that at least one of the couples engaged in some sort of sexual activity. In Friends, Mr. and Mrs. Geller are still attracted to each other. This helps show that one should always be attracted to the person who they claim to love.

Reality TV is known as exciting entertainment because the audience never knew what will happen next as it is with no strings attached and even have the freedom of speech. Despite the entertainment it can bring, the content of reality shows are actually degrading the society. Our pop culture and civilization have been affected by the reality programs in a bad way. Indeed, reality TV is promoting bad social value to the

The observations and conclusions reached below were drawn from seven sitcoms airing the week of February 8-14, 2010. For the purpose of comparison, shows were chosen based on four key similarities: They were thirty minutes in length, live action, aired on a major broadcast network, and had at least one single main character who featured prominently in the episode. For these purposes, “single” was defined as someone not in a relationship, in a casual sexual relationship, or in a newly dating relationship. The shows chosen were 30 Rock, Cougar Town, Gary Unmarried, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and The Office. Full episode titles and air dates are given on an attached works cited page.

A popular tv series that was being broadcasted at the time of my birth was Friends, which won an award of Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical. (“Awards”) On December 17th, Friends released an episode, The One with the Inappropriate Sister, where Rachel is disturbed by Danny's relationship with his sister. ("The One with the Inappropriate Sister”) While Friends was having good comedy or musical, another tv show 48 Hours had the criminal and action episodes. That night of showing on CBS, 48 Hours was doing a rerun of one of their episodes of the 9 seasons they filmed. 48 Hours have won numerous number of awards over its years of being continued, it has won Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine many times. ("48 Hours Awards”) Another criminal based shows being broadcasted at the time was World’s Wildest Police Videos on

The cultural phenomenon ‘Reality Television (TV)’ has become an increasingly popular genre of television since its paroxysm onto the airwaves in 1945. The term ‘Reality Television’ can be defined as the genre of entertainment that documents the lives of ‘ordinary’ individuals through the exhibition of allegedly unscripted real-life scenarios, despite inquisitive inquiries disclosing Reality TV to entail facets of script. The primary objective of Reality TV is purely to entertain the audience. This genre of television is appealing to viewers due to its entertainment principle/value, the audience’s competency to correlate to the characters and their situations, and the contingency it presents for escapism and voyeurism. We can capitalise the Australian appropriation of the American popular dating Reality TV show ‘The Bachelor’ as a tool to further comprehend the purpose and appeal of Reality television. The postulations of media’s obligations to society in contrast to their current actions and media as a mirror to society - the normative theory, can also be utilised as an implement to apprehend Reality TV. Through the strict analysis of ‘ The Bachelor’ and the employment of the normative theory, the purpose and appealing factor of Reality TV can be deeply examined.

Finishing a television series is like the ending of another world. What happens next? The show Friends was that show for many people. The sitcom remained on-air for 10 years, beginning in 1994 and closing in 2004. During its time of existence, it was manipulative to the society (“Friends Central.”). One episode specifically was influential on the 1990s society. This episode was the very first event that occurred in the show Friends. In the beginning of “The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate (Pilot)”, Ross’ ex-wife moved out because after being married for a short time, she realized she had a love for women instead of men. The wife-to-be, Rachel, left her fiance at the altar when she recognized she did not love him the same way he loved her. She did not know where to go, but found her high school friend who is also Ross’ sister, Monica, in the Friends hangout area, a cozy coffee shop called Central Perk. She welcomed Rachel and left for a date that night; Monica and her companion came back to the apartment and had sex. Her successful neighbor, Chandler, is at work much of the time and his roommate, Joey, is an unrecognized actor. A friend to everyone was Phoebe who did whatever she put her mind to. How did an episode such as this manipulate the society? In the 1990s, American culture viewed premarital sex and homosexuality as immoral, however, the Friends episode, “The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate (Pilot)”, depicted both of the controversial topics in a light, joking

Can you believe that reality television has actually been around since 1948? Most of us may have thought that this idea of real television just came about in the last decade but actually it’s been around for quite some time. In 1948 Candid Camera was the first reality show to be broadcasted on television. Many considered this to be the “granddaddy” of the reality TV genre (History of reality TV). This show actually began in radio broadcasting. Allen Funt was the man in charge of this whole new production. He started by simply taping complaints of men in service and broadcasting them over the Armed Forces Radio. This is what later became known as the television show, Candid Camera. Candid Camera was known for