What Reality Tv Teaches Teen Girls

Wikipedia defines reality television as “a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors”. It also states that, “it differs from documentary television in that the focus tends to be on drama, personal conflict, and entertainment rather than educating viewers.” The use of the word “supposedly” with unscripted and the phrase “entertainment rather than educating” seems to tell what reality television is really about. The argument here is about whether reality television promotes sexual activity or not. Abstinence campaigns composed of people who advocate and promote the restraining from any form of

She goes on to explain how these young girls between the ages of eleven and seventeen come to view themselves in comparison to reality tv stars. They acknowledge that these participants in reality shows set bad examples along the realms of personal and social relationships, yet they tend to adopt some of those influences in perceiving their self-image and things that they have come to value and/or accept as a regular part of their lives. Despite all the drama that gets fed into the world of entertainment for the youth that teaches them to lie, manipulate, and be mean, violent, and selfish, it proves to not be all bad. Melnick also includes in her article that 59-65% of the young audience stated that “such shows introduce new ideas and perspectives, the shows have raised their awareness of social issues and causes, and they have been taught new things that they wouldn’t have learned about otherwise”. This leads into shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, but before I dive into those, the concept of abstinence needs to be

It shows everything from the insecurities a person possess to their social conflicts and sexual habits and deviations. The sexual habits that are put on display for the world are seen by these young audiences. MTV is marketed to twelve to thirty-four year olds with the majority of the audience being fourteen to seventeen years old. In Chozick’s article, it is said that MTV “sheds it’s skin” every now and then in an attempt to keep up with the times and market to the new viewers within their target audience age range. This is why some shows end or are cancelled and they get replaced by shows with a completely different concept. These shows usually include more drama, more sexual displays, and more conflict in all areas that it explores than the previous show. Jersey Shore is among the most popular of these shows displaying the excessive use of alcohol, public drunkenness, constant partying, and even leading to the creation of words that describe women’s and men’s outward appearance and terms for hooking up which appeared to be the mission for every night of partying they took part in. They also showed an extremely flawed and violent relationship that closely resembles what one could consider being called abusive. There are many television personalities that become famous and begin their careers from what they do on screen. “These "hyper-flawed" characters satisfy our cravings for fantasy and excitement and drama, while at the same