My guest blogger this week is Josh McCaleb, who is writing about what reality TV is doing to us. Here’s what he has to say:
Television today is very effective in molding the minds of its viewers, and some programs on TV, especially reality shows, are negatively shaping us. While reality shows are meant to simply show what happens in the lives of some of our favorite celebrities, no script and no filter, they can have a long-lasting and negative effect.
Some of today’s most watched reality shows include Duck Dynasty, The Voice, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and The Biggest Loser. Each program has its own individual effect on society. But despite their original purpose of being entertainment, some of these shows can actually bring a person to a point of depression—yes, it’s depressing to watch families yelling at and fighting with each other all of the time or to see a “favorite” get kicked off.
These are the shows that really get under my skin. These are also the ones that send a negative message to the public, which make them some of the worst things to watch. So next time you turn on the TV, stop and ask yourself: why am I watching this show?
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I agree with this post 100%. Television shows today portray a negative message in many different aspects. People should really think about the reasoning behind watching a certain television show. Most importantly, children should not be exposed to most popular television shows because of the long term effects they impose.
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Tray Boyd III
Good job Josh. I agree with this for sure but I have a question how does The voice give off a negative effect? If that’s what you meant.
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Well said josh! It’s so true that TV these days has gone to brain rot
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I agree that television shows does send negative messages to society. People that make reality shows don’t consider the audience of the show, their more focused on ratings and the money that the show is bringing in. There are more negative messages being sent out because America glamourizes the humiliation of others and that’s not a message I want my future children to receive.
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Josh, very nice. As someone who doesn’t watch television at all because of the fake portrayed actors as family’s or whole family’s of actors. either of the two feel too unrealistic of a modern family or even conventional family. I agree that watching traumatic family turmoil can effect our family’s today maybe even influencing our younger ones on what a family is supposed to look like, which can look like yelling and bringing up drama just for views verses actually handling a problem like a real family would. It was a great read, Dr. Bailey can we get a double feature?
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This could be very true to the leading cause of depression. Even though families need to know that this doesn’t have to come true though. Someone should not take what they learn from tv into real life and let it effect them in a negative way though
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I agree, I hate what television programs today depict. Another good thing to consider is how deteriorating television can be for children, perhaps causing depression as you had suggested. A writer by the name of David Grossman says, “To have a child of three, four, or five watch a ‘splatter’ movie, learning to relate to a character for the first 90 minutes and then in the last 30 minutes watch helplessly as that new friend is hunted and brutally murdered, is the moral and psychological equivalent of introducing your child to a friend, letting her play with that friend, and then butchering that friend in front of your child’s eyes. And this happens to our children hundreds upon hundreds of times. (We Are Training Our Kids To Kill)”
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