Reality Television

At this point I currently do not watch any reality shows. I don’t find them appropriate for either teenagers or adults. They show the cast members acting like fools and they expect the world to believe that everyone should act that way. The last reality show that I watched was “Jersey Shore.” Even though I wasn’t hooked on it, I never missed an episode. After a couple seasons of “Jersey Shore” I started to notice that more and more teenagers were getting influenced by the members of the Jersey Shore cast. They began to act, dress, and talk like the members of the show. Another show that I have watched was “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” Although I do find this show to be very interesting, I know it’s still not appropriate for anyone to watch. After this show began more and more girls got influenced by the Kardashians fashion styles, attitudes, and lifestyles that by the end of the first season there was many girls wanting to look like Kim Kardashian that they bagan dressing, doing their hair, and make up like Kim Kardashian. I believe that reality television has significantly affected our society in many ways. It influences people to do things they normally don’t do. Not only adults get hooked on reality shows, teenagers spend a lot of time watching these types of shows. Most teenagers get influenced by reality shows on MTV such as “Teen Mom”, “16 and Pregnant”, “Rock of Love”, “Sister Wives”, and the most popular “Jersey Shore”. Even though most of these shows seem to be very interesting, they can also have a negative effect some people. These types of reality  shows show the cast members drinking, smoking, and having sexual relationships leading teens to believe that they should also be doing all those types of things in order to be cool. Although I know that most teens will see this behavior and probably won’t get influenced in that behavior, I do believe that these teens see the members and allow them to change the way they see themselves. Leading some teenagers to believe that by acting inappropriately they will be much cooler and gain popularity at their schools. I do find some reality shows to be entertaining but I try very hard to avoid watching reality Television. In my opinion, reality television is influencing people in many ways. It seems that the cast members on all these shows are the role models for the next generation. I believe that if teenage girls see other teens getting money and fame for getting pregnant as a teen, those girls will also be influenced to get pregnant at a young age. All of the networks that show these types of shows on television should be more cautious about what they teach tomorrow’s generation. The networks that show reality shows on television are showing tomorrow’s generation negative values and morals that will eventually lead to greater problems. If you constantly watch these types of reality shows, or allow your kids to watch reality television do not get surprised when your young teenage daughter gets home with a big surprise, or when you find out that your teenage son has been caught smoking or drinking alcohol.