Long gone are the days of television where originality and storytelling were the most important aspect. Now and days television has become more about the profit you can turn around in each show, rather than the actual quality of the content. More often than not we see reality TV shows over taking the market. Whether it is shows such as American Idol, Survivor, The Bachelor and etc... there is a show that fits every personality type.
But why do we watch these show? For the entertainment? For the drama? Often times we tend to over proportionalize reality TV. We seem to undermine the principles of privacy, romance and self - image. In shows such as The Bachelor the events that unfold tend to be over dramatized to the point of being crude. Shows like this have skewed the meaning of love. You cannot fall in love with someone in such a setting without it being artificial. Love is something that meant to be found not created.
Privacy is something that has become nonexistent in todays media as well as television. Shows like TMZ talk about celebrity gossip and mishaps. It seems that if a celebrity drops a piece of trash and pick it up that it's the biggest deal in the world. First of all its just a piece of trash. Second of all who cares? Celebrities should have the right to some personal privacy in their lives. After all how would you like it if someone were to stick a camera in your face and follow you everywhere you went? Would you be comfortable with it? What happened to personal space? Obviously now and days this is lacking.
What also bothers me is shows like Jersey Shore or Keeping up with the Kardashians, yet again these shows exhibit what I spoke on before over dramatization. They turn little things into artificial arguments. More than half the time the arguments are pointless and add nothing to the show. All these fights and conflicts add is viewers but why? Your'e watching something that has little to no point in life. In reality most of these situations would never happen, there created for TV and that is there sole purpose. You don't gain any knowledge from this. So what's the point?
Finally and most evidently is self -image. Where ever you look whether it is in magazine, movies, television or other forums of media, image is plastered everywhere. It's a philosophy that if you don't look or dress a certain way your'e not considered beautiful. In reality none of this is true. You are as beautiful or as handsome as you perceive yourself to be. It because of brand marketing that we as a society feel so obligated to get a certain item. Whether it's a shoe or a particular brand of clothing if we see that person in a movie or on television promoting that item we feel more inclined to have that item. What we must keep in mind is our sense of individuality, if we lose sight of that we become the medias image and not our own.
In comparison, classic TV shows such as Leave it to Beaver have a sentimental value that is lacking in most of todays TV. Although it was a simple idea and a simple show it spoke on values of having a family. It's these simple set of values that are often times over looked in our modern day society.
But why do we watch these show? For the entertainment? For the drama? Often times we tend to over proportionalize reality TV. We seem to undermine the principles of privacy, romance and self - image. In shows such as The Bachelor the events that unfold tend to be over dramatized to the point of being crude. Shows like this have skewed the meaning of love. You cannot fall in love with someone in such a setting without it being artificial. Love is something that meant to be found not created.
Privacy is something that has become nonexistent in todays media as well as television. Shows like TMZ talk about celebrity gossip and mishaps. It seems that if a celebrity drops a piece of trash and pick it up that it's the biggest deal in the world. First of all its just a piece of trash. Second of all who cares? Celebrities should have the right to some personal privacy in their lives. After all how would you like it if someone were to stick a camera in your face and follow you everywhere you went? Would you be comfortable with it? What happened to personal space? Obviously now and days this is lacking.
What also bothers me is shows like Jersey Shore or Keeping up with the Kardashians, yet again these shows exhibit what I spoke on before over dramatization. They turn little things into artificial arguments. More than half the time the arguments are pointless and add nothing to the show. All these fights and conflicts add is viewers but why? Your'e watching something that has little to no point in life. In reality most of these situations would never happen, there created for TV and that is there sole purpose. You don't gain any knowledge from this. So what's the point?
Finally and most evidently is self -image. Where ever you look whether it is in magazine, movies, television or other forums of media, image is plastered everywhere. It's a philosophy that if you don't look or dress a certain way your'e not considered beautiful. In reality none of this is true. You are as beautiful or as handsome as you perceive yourself to be. It because of brand marketing that we as a society feel so obligated to get a certain item. Whether it's a shoe or a particular brand of clothing if we see that person in a movie or on television promoting that item we feel more inclined to have that item. What we must keep in mind is our sense of individuality, if we lose sight of that we become the medias image and not our own.
In comparison, classic TV shows such as Leave it to Beaver have a sentimental value that is lacking in most of todays TV. Although it was a simple idea and a simple show it spoke on values of having a family. It's these simple set of values that are often times over looked in our modern day society.
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