While watching cable television there are around four to five minutes breaks of commercials we encounter. Most of these commercials are about new reality shows. If they are not about new upcoming ones, there are the dates for when the current ones would make a comeback. Reality television has been around since the 1940s (Slocum). The shows that were on years ago were a lot less vulgar, then what we are used to today. Too me, it seems that reality T.V. continues to go down the wrong path. Yet, some still think that there are some positive effects on others from watching these types of programs. To begin with, all you see on television is supposedly real. I say supposedly, because most if not all, is scripted. Scripted is something said or
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Reality stars are becoming role models to teens rather than their own peers or parent, is totally absurd to me. “TV can easily take the place of a parent, teaching their kids the ‘acceptable’ ways of society” (Skeen). When parents are too busy for their child, they are more than likely to look up to someone else. Usually this someone else turns out to be someone from a television program and they may also look up at these shows for their way of doing their things. Self-esteem plays a big role on this. Some of us cannot take so much perfection, as we tend to think these stars are. In my case, I tend to always go on a new crazy diet when I watch girls wearing crop tops, short shorts, and them at the …show more content…
Most people, including myself get all wrapped up in these shows. Either to pass some time or in some cases actually ty to relate to some of the characters you see. I do not have a doubt that reality television will be popular for who knows how much long. While having negative effects on us, most think that it does have some positivity. If only the network would put on educational reality shows, showing to other countries that we are not as ignorant as we might seem. A lot ties in to reality shows. I just hope we all decided what is best of us and our families when it comes to picking our next Tuesday night
Reality stars are becoming role models to teens rather than their own peers or parent, is totally absurd to me. “TV can easily take the place of a parent, teaching their kids the ‘acceptable’ ways of society” (Skeen). When parents are too busy for their child, they are more than likely to look up to someone else. Usually this someone else turns out to be someone from a television program and they may also look up at these shows for their way of doing their things. Self-esteem plays a big role on this. Some of us cannot take so much perfection, as we tend to think these stars are. In my case, I tend to always go on a new crazy diet when I watch girls wearing crop tops, short shorts, and them at the …show more content…
Most people, including myself get all wrapped up in these shows. Either to pass some time or in some cases actually ty to relate to some of the characters you see. I do not have a doubt that reality television will be popular for who knows how much long. While having negative effects on us, most think that it does have some positivity. If only the network would put on educational reality shows, showing to other countries that we are not as ignorant as we might seem. A lot ties in to reality shows. I just hope we all decided what is best of us and our families when it comes to picking our next Tuesday night