Reality Television's Influence On Culture

Firstly, I have read that kids are being put under tremendous pressure in reality TV. When kids are in a reality TV competition, there are horrible outcomes that can happen. In a video “Should kids be banned from reality TV?” by the HLN network, they explain that the reality TV competitions

If people don’t stop being consumed by these types of shows then our society will lose its morals or have a messed up version of morals. Research shows that reality television has a negative impact on children. According to Bliss (2017), “Children have been shown to suffer from ill effects from watching reality television.” An example of this is when Bliss (2017) says, “Certain shows like Fear Factor that feature participants involved in disgusting or dangerous behavior inspired attempts to duplicate these acts.” Kids who watch other people or celebrities do dangerous things make them think that it’s okay or “cool” to do those things as well, and then some of them end up getting injured. They’re also the children who grow up in an environment surrounded by cameras, which

While reality t.v. is popular in countries other than the United States, the American culture has come to greatly depend on the entertainment industry to form the viewers’ attitudes and beliefs. According to Nachbar and Lause, “Popular culture is a ‘Funhouse Mirror’ because it both reflects our ‘image’ back to us but also alters our image in the process of doing so” (7). Today, reality t.v. is very much a part of the funhouse effect as these shows reflect the current image portrayed by reality stars while altering American’s image of what is socially acceptable.

“The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story” (Chimamanda Adichie). Today, the media continues to portray many stereotypes through different media forms. In the 21st century, media is proven to be a great and a powerful factor that holds power, to influence individual’s beliefs, attitudes, and values. Today’s population is constantly disclosed to the images they see on TV, and from those images, the individuals end up forming a sense of reality.

Reality Television: Negative Impacts on Teenagers Reality is a television program which is not scripted and act by ordinary people or celebrities. "It is designed to sell products, to entertain and to provide viewers with the feeling that they are seeing what occurs behind closed doors. (Barton 8)" The popularity of reality television in America increasing among teenagers '. This type of shows is the best platform to advertise certain type of person into the mind of confused youth. Reality stars ' affects daily conversations, fashion, make up style, body type, attitude, even the speaking accent of teens.

This shows that the dating shows were designed to strike the audience with controversial moral values such as “materialism, narcissism and discrimination against the poor among China’s younger generations” (Wang, 2016), so that they can make profits from commercial sponsors. Since the television shows make influences on people, their values conveyed in the programs also impact social morality. If the directors of television shows only focus on the entertaining functions of television programs to make profits, the public’s morality will have danger to be lowered

Reality Television Negative Influences In today’s modern world, the influence of Reality TV has become a major problem for people in society because it makes people fail to understand what is real or not. Reality TV has been expanding its popularity to more and more people. Most Reality TV shows reality without censorship, and that can make children who are watching see sexual violence, use of illegal substances and harsh language. As a result, most people frequently think of Reality TV in terms of a bad example for their children. Moreover, some children might follow the acts that they see on Reality TV without any hesitation.

Waxed Generation by Michael Koenigs suggests that modern day media propels teenagers towards achieving utterly unrealistic standards of beauty in unnatural ways. Michael states, “Unfortunately the times have given my generation a perverted perception of beauty.” (Koenigs) He strongly believes that the digitally enhanced images magazines put forth to show teenagers, cause the people of this generation to strive for unnatural beauty. The “bombshells” and “hunks” featured in these magazines drive teenagers into insanity as they try to achieve these impossible standards. Consequently, those who can afford it spend their money on plastic surgery, while the less privileged take matters into their own hands. Hence, 5 percent of all college-aged women

This is an important issue as the new generation watching reality television will believe that everything they see on their TV screens, is real life. A diverse range of arguments have been offered on this issue. I too will offer opinions and my overall stand on this issue as to why I strongly believe that reality is not what you see on television. Firstly, stating the obvious, reality is “the state of things as they actually exist”. Like me, a large number of people believe that reality television is scripted, fake and shouldn’t exist as they sustain mad morals, exploit celebrities and at times, destroy relationships after

Television Violence Television has had an enormous contribution on how the world has changed and how we perceive it. There are hundreds of channels and a vast variety of genres to choose from in just a click of a button; however what you choose can really have an effect on you. People believe that television violence has a negative effect on society because it promotes violence. No doubt, I can agree with what these people believe, that television violence does have an effect on society because people will become more vulnerable, children will become more liable and people will become more aggressive involuntarily. Vulnerability is something that we should not show, as it is a sign of weakness.