(2013) researchers hypothesized that increased exposer to media would increase the level of social aggression participants exhibited. Researchers measured media use, social aggression and perceived realism in a self report survey. Participants included 174 (majority female) high school students (14-18 years old). Researcher found that girls spent more time watching socially aggressive reality shows than boys. Additional results showed that most viewers didn 't view reality television as highly realistic. Researchers found a connection between the frequency of watching reality television and increased social aggression. For participants that didn’t view reality tv as realistic there was no correlation with their level of social aggression. For participants that viewed reality television often and perceived the content to be realistic they showed an increase in social aggression. Experimenters couldn’t fully explain the relationship between frequency of viewing and levels of social aggression, meaning socially aggressive participants could have chosen to watch these shows because it matched their ideas and perceptions or socially aggressive behavior on reality television could have increased socially aggressive behavior in viewers. Researchers noted the limitations of their sample, the sample was both small and …show more content…
They also show relational aggression to be a staple of reality television and a measurable aspect of negative attitudes towards women. These articles provided evidence reality television is popular among female adolescents and female emerging adults (modeling meanness, mean girls) providing support undergraduate students at Pace University is a good sample. The articles show that factors such as perceived realism (modeling meanness, mean girls) is important to take into account in assessing the reality television effect on viewer