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MTV Influences on Teenagers
No longer just a cable network for music, music television channel MTV has become an important factor in shaping values for American teenagers because of shows such as Tom Green, Real World and Road Rules. Many of the music videos are also past of this trend.
Unlike other TV programs, Tom Green does not have the director. The show is created by a middle-aged Tom Green and a cameraman. For most of the time that I watch, Tom Green goes from street to street, store to store and tries to say or asks questions that will make other people embarrassed. When the victims feel annoying and give complaints, Tom has accomplished his goal. Yet no one dare to stop them from filming even the authority. They are under MTV's protection. In the mean time, Real World and Road Rules are among the top shows and engross many young watchers. The two shows are likely the same, and they play groups of young adults who are living together away from home. Each group has about four to eight people, who are college or university students that agree to pause school for three or six months to experience the free world. Again, they have MTV's sponsorship.
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These shows are more about entertainment rather than educational purpose. What parts of it would have influences on teenagers? In fact, people who create Real World, Road Rules, and Tom Green are careless, disregard and irresponsible about the negative consequences. In other words, parts of show have wrongly carved out the youth's world and their perspective. In some way, the shows have passed along the improper role model to the American teenagers. In his article "MTV turns innocent into lesser values," the author states "I have a confession to make: I've been watch...
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...Solutions." Pediatrics Jan. 1999. 129-139.
Herman, Laurence. "MTV Turns Innocent Fun Into Lesser Values." USA Today 29 Nov. 1999: A, 29:1.
Michel, Lou. "Head of Falls Schools Wants MTV Unplugged by Parents." Buffalo News 25 Apr. 1994: A1.
Stewart, Kirsten. "No Regrets for Student on MTV." Salt Lake Tribune 11 June 2000: A1.
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Bibliography:
Brooks, James. "Teenagers Evaluating Modern Media." English Journal Jan. 1998. 21-24.
Donnerstein, Edward. "Children, Adolescents, and The Media: Issues and Solutions." Pediatrics Jan. 1999. 129-139.
Herman, Laurence. "MTV Turns Innocent Fun Into Lesser Values." USA Today 29 Nov. 1999: A, 29:1.
Michel, Lou. "Head of Falls Schools Wants MTV Unplugged by Parents." Buffalo News 25 Apr. 1994: A1.
Stewart, Kirsten. "No Regrets for Student on MTV." Salt Lake Tribune 11 June 2000: A1.