Real or Not Real: Reality Show for a Change How influential can popular culture be for teenagers? Why is popular culture always redefine by the young adult population? There are many aspects of popular culture that affect how different teenagers see life. Take into consideration Reality TV, which has been glamorize in modern society as “popular.” The image of watching almost real but in most cases fictional shows in TV, instead of the ordinary scripted TV show, attracts in mostly young adults, ages 12-21, because it gives them an aspect of imagining their life in different shoe sizes, because they are able to connect with the main character(s) of the show. Many argue that reality TV affects teenagers’ perspective on life because it brings Steven Reiss and James Wilts analyzed reality shows and have proven through an experiment done at The Ohio State University to be a good source where young adults can find motivation to feel self-important, as well as friendlier, free of morality, secure and romantic. Why it is that reality TV has always been demonize to be a harmful inspiration on young adults if it can help personalize a teenager’s character? Many do not realize how watching an almost real TV show can actually affect a person personality because teenagers are able to relate to these shows more, thus allowing for a change. Reality TV is able to exploit impressions or problems that will most likely be relatable to the teenagers, because they are exploiting a teen’s flaw teens tend to get more self-confidence because they are no longer in the close oppression of social standards. Reality shows are able to set a basic but quality standard for teens in their structural basis of finding a common problem in society and solving that problem. Most shows are structure this way cultivating a positive social standard thus allowing teenagers to be more secure, lose bias morality, and be more passionate and most important accepting themselves. Expectedly, reality TV is able to bring the worse of reality to teenagers to prepare them a future
In today 's generation, millions of television shows have been created to entertain the general public. Whether it be cartoons, dramas, comedies, chick flicks, or reality t.v., I guarantee there is a show that each person enjoys watching. One particular genre appears to be the most viewed from a television screen, which is reality television. It is evident that the general population enjoys watching lives unfold and the various interactions between characters in reality television. For example, in Keeping Up With The Kardashians, the main characters in the family, (Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kris, Bruce (Caitlyn), Kylie, and Kendall) all fight like cats and dogs and stay angry at each other over something incredibly minute. The extent to which this show is dramatized is
...sold worldwide. This makes teenagers and other young adults do unruly things to try and gain their own spot in the limelight. Even though reality television is supposed to be this great source of entertainment and may make us happy at the moment, if not watched carefully and really thought about it could ruin someone’s life with its negative values.
The first effect of reality shows is the image it gives viewers. Reality shows give misconceptions of everyday life; the Real World and Jersey Shore show young adults relaxing, having a good time, and partying every day. The...
As the fictitious character of Katniss Everdeen captured the 21st century audience, so does the viewer of American reality television. Taken into account the influences of American reality shows, there’s just so much a parent can monitor children’s TV viewing. It’s a given fact that the young mimics the adults and as such, if these reality icons influence a supposedly mature adult, how much more of youngsters? In as much as I want to argue that it all depends on one’s moral standards, it seems to be apparent that the influence of today’s American reality TV may be perceived as psychologically destructive. Hence, may one day contradict a supposedly civilized society governed by standards of right and
Reality TV has been a very popular part of American society since its conception, but does it go farther than being simply entertainment? As it has progressed, the content of these shows has become increasingly raunchy on and off screen. The producers and “actors” on these shows are hungry for money and attention, a hunger that grows exponentially as the possibilities of reality TV do. The question, often asked is, does reality TV have a negative effect on our society? The answer is simple: absolutely! Reality TV is produced and directed by people that know exactly how to manipulate the truth. Run by those who lie to the public's face and can legally get away with it. The shows reach out to a very impressionable society and deeply implants immorality, negative self-images and other issues that threaten American society. Reality TV damages those that find themselves in the unfortunate, yet common, situation of being exploited on these shows and it does so purposefully for the sake of money and ratings.
Some people in this world live their lives based on what they see on television. As a matter of fact, television is popular for its influential impact on society and the creation of different stereotype groups. People from all over the world let television run their lives and with all the television shows such as, the overly exaggerated reality show Jersey Shore a show that targets the age bracket of twelve to thirty-four year olds promoting domestic violence, partying, and alcohol. Painting a very vigilant dangerous stereotypical group Jersey Shore has had a big impact on the young teens and adults of America. Another television show that receives its views by promoting stereotypes groups is Fox News. Targeting only what Fox News thinks will get a rise out of the society and notorious for only showing one side to a story. Television nowadays promotes
In today 's society, television is one of the greatest entertainment, and currently reality televisions have become the most commonly watched television programs. Reality tv, beside being entertaining , it has effected society in a negative
Kids are very impressionable human beings, they see one thing and they begin to imitate this thing. Reality TV enables kids to think for themselves. Going back to the show Maury, it is mostly African American teenagers seen yelling and screaming at the top of their lungs making a spectacle of themselves. Teenagers watch reality television more than anything else. One statistic states, “On average, a teen will watch 28 hours of television per week, adding up to almost 15,000 hours a year” (reportherald.com). Shows such as Love & Hip Hop, exposes teens to
From the way we talk, to the way we act, to the way we dress, reality TV has a very strong influence on the way we do it all. We watch everything from the typical TLC shows like long island medium, and 19 kids and counting, to all the competition shows like big brother, and the X factor and everything in between. Most of us watch it just for entertainment purposes because for some odd reason we find it so interesting to watch random celebrities do everything even if it’s just going out for lunch. We just can't get enough of our favourite families on keeping up with the kardashians and honey boo boo. And we find their lives so fascinating. A reality show is supposed to follow ordinary people and film them living their everyday lives just as they always do. Which is exactly what these shows do right? Obviously reality TV is real, no one would ever even dare to think about the possibility that it’s actually staged or edited or even scripted, or that their reactions are fake. And from the bachelor to the real housewives of every city in the United States it’s not even a question that it’...
Reality Television has changed television in a way that no one could have imagined. Being the one of the most talked about genre in history, it is seen by millions of viewers. It has more ratings than any other kind of show (Breyer 16). From its start, there have been many Reality Television shows. Shows like The Real World, Survivor, Big Brother, and Jersey Shore. All of these give off a negative portrayal of reality. While Americans watch these shows, it seems that the show is real life, but in reality, no pun intended, before the show is even filmed, it’s written, edited, and produced (Breyer 21). Writers humiliate and degrade people just for the plot of the show, making their private lives public (Breyer 16).
By exposing the flourishing mind of a teenager to unrealistic norms, television is molding the mind to develop impractical expectations. In the media teenagers are often times portrayed as party crazy, sex-addict, drop outs when realistically the number of students that live up to this image is quite low. When being exposed to a television culture of students that party non-stop, travel, and par-take in activities most don’t it gives the very hormonal mind of a teenager something known as “the fear of missing out”. When watching other teens on television focus on anything but school it gets teenagers wondering why they aren’t doing the same, giving them the feeling that they are missing out on things in life. As teenagers the job is to go to school to prepare for college and then the fun will come, but whilst being exposed to high school students that drink, smoke, skip school and still “get by” it gets teens thinking why they can’t do the same. This unrealistic ideology stems from the inaccurate portrayal of teens in the media. We are not exposed to the average teens yet the small fraction of teens with extremely financially inclined parents. This is not a realistic
Reality television has become nearly unavoidable and American society is more affected by reality television than they realize. Society can be shaped from reality TV in many ways like the way people act, and also the way people can perceive a problem. I never really could have thought just some of the stuff we watch on television like Big Brother, could be impacting us in any way. I always thought the reason people said reality television is bad for us was because we would get addicted and not want to leave the couch. I started to research reality television by looking up what could be the potential impact and I was shocked by the results that were good and bad. Coming from the article by John Perritano he says “Many say reality TV has put
Since the very first reality show launching in 1990, the reality genre has rapidly developed to become the most popular experience of television nowadays. A plethora of research has been undertaking in recent years to identify the origin of reality shows’ appeal which concentrated mainly on the psychological side such as the theory of human motivations called ‘16 basic desires’ which linking the most fundamental purposes of human life to aspirations with their attention to media conducted by Reiss and Wiltz (2004) or the element of mastery sense named ‘schadenfreude’ introduced by Hall (2006).
The creation of television broadcasting changed the way the world interacted, making it one of the most successful and important innovation. The Entertainment industry brought Reality TV to America, changing and evolving along with the changes in society. The concept of Reality TV is to show the struggles of real people or actors without scripts, surprising, and terrifying many of its viewers. The television content has changed over the years reflecting the changes in society; the Reality Shows are becoming more obscene, controversial, and competitive.
Have you ever wondered why people are so addicted to watching their favorite shows on TV? Have you ever wondered why reality TV is so popular? This paper is an explanation of why large numbers of people watch reality TV shows. Proof and facts will be provided showing that reality TV provides entertainment, inspiration, the stirring of emotions, vicarious living, and a substitute for social life for many who watch. Here are a few examples of these statements.