Reality television….
My opinion on reality television shows would be they are for the most part ridiculous. I am in my thirties and I guess that stuff just does not interest me as much as others. I can see the appeal to teens because my children come home talking about these shows after school (I do not let them watch them). I think some of the most disturbing stuff I see is this jersey shore show. How can watching people hook up with anything that walks or talks be entertainment and getting drunk and being inappropriate in public be seen as entertainment? I just don’t see this as being a good show for kids to watch and I would never waste my time. Reality shows can vary from one extreme to the other as well. You have for instance the next great baker show, which I do watch; it is about a group of people competing to become the next great baker. This show is not inappropriate nor does it teach negativity and promote illegal behaviors. I think some of these shows are targeting the younger audience and know that they would rather watch people partying maybe because they can relate due to their age? I just don’t really understand it. I think if it is a show where you can actually learn something then it can be beneficial, if it is just fighting and screaming and drinking then it’s not worth putting on television.
I do believe that it has an effect on our society today. I know for my children personally they see these shows and think this is normal and fun and because it is so popular right now they are under the impression that it is a cool thing to be doing. I turned the television on the other day and Jersey shore was on the screen, it was taking me a few minutes to get my remotes together so that I could get the television to my previously recorded shows that I watch, my daughters were standing by my door and were watching this show. On the screen “snookie” was drunk on the beach and was falling all over the place until she finally was arrested for being drunk in public and taken in a police car to the police station. My daughters ages 13 and 15 were laughing hysterically. Then my 13 year old made the comment about how funny this show is and that all her friends watch it and talk about it at school. She is only 13 years old, what are kids her age doing watching something like that? So my personal conclusion would be yes, these reality television shows do affect our society today and depending on which reality show you are watching it can be a very negative impact or a positive impact. Unfortunately we cannot control what the networks put on the television but as in my own home and in yours, we can control what comes onto our personal televisions and what our children watch.
My opinion on reality television shows would be they are for the most part ridiculous. I am in my thirties and I guess that stuff just does not interest me as much as others. I can see the appeal to teens because my children come home talking about these shows after school (I do not let them watch them). I think some of the most disturbing stuff I see is this jersey shore show. How can watching people hook up with anything that walks or talks be entertainment and getting drunk and being inappropriate in public be seen as entertainment? I just don’t see this as being a good show for kids to watch and I would never waste my time. Reality shows can vary from one extreme to the other as well. You have for instance the next great baker show, which I do watch; it is about a group of people competing to become the next great baker. This show is not inappropriate nor does it teach negativity and promote illegal behaviors. I think some of these shows are targeting the younger audience and know that they would rather watch people partying maybe because they can relate due to their age? I just don’t really understand it. I think if it is a show where you can actually learn something then it can be beneficial, if it is just fighting and screaming and drinking then it’s not worth putting on television.
I do believe that it has an effect on our society today. I know for my children personally they see these shows and think this is normal and fun and because it is so popular right now they are under the impression that it is a cool thing to be doing. I turned the television on the other day and Jersey shore was on the screen, it was taking me a few minutes to get my remotes together so that I could get the television to my previously recorded shows that I watch, my daughters were standing by my door and were watching this show. On the screen “snookie” was drunk on the beach and was falling all over the place until she finally was arrested for being drunk in public and taken in a police car to the police station. My daughters ages 13 and 15 were laughing hysterically. Then my 13 year old made the comment about how funny this show is and that all her friends watch it and talk about it at school. She is only 13 years old, what are kids her age doing watching something like that? So my personal conclusion would be yes, these reality television shows do affect our society today and depending on which reality show you are watching it can be a very negative impact or a positive impact. Unfortunately we cannot control what the networks put on the television but as in my own home and in yours, we can control what comes onto our personal televisions and what our children watch.
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