Thursday, October 21, 2010

Writing Prompt: 3 Today, there are more and more reality shows on television. Do these shows make good television? Why or why not? Explain your answer using specific reasons and examples.

     Almost every day there is a new reality television show. All types of them are on air now. From what’s going on in a celebrity’s life to regular people at home. These shows consist of a lot of drama and some more than others. Some just show how to be respectful to your peers and actually try to educate some young minds. But are these shows making good or bad television? Honestly, I think reality shows are making good and bad television.
     The reality shows that are making good television are the ones who people rarely pay any attention to at all. People are too busy paying attention to the unnecessary drama on the other reality shows. Most of the good reality shows are trying to send out a positive message to people who watch them, some of them entertain people in a good way. Reality shows make an image and broadcast a message to let people all over the world know what to do and what not to do in certain situations. Reality shows give insight to people who may admire the celebrities or the people on the shows and that makes them more interested in the show.
     The reality shows that make television garbage and not worth watching are the ones who send out negative messages to children and adults. Like the girls who are running around being 15 and Pregnant, to the wild children on Parental Control, and then to the reality dating shows. All of these shows really don’t need to be on television. No one needs to know that you’re 15 and Pregnant that’s not anything to be proud of because now that they have that baby their lives are done with. They can’t have a normal childhood now. The disrespectful children on Parental Control have no respect for elders or the people their dating and it urks my soul to see the parents just take it in like they do. And for the women and men on the reality dating shows, show how desperate they are to find love by going on television and competing with other people to get the girl/guy of their dreams. It makes people think that how these people act on television is the way to act during any and almost every situation. Some of these people on reality shows set a bad example for people in the community and it sets a bad name for people in general. I just think some of these reality shows show a little bit more than they should.
    Reality shows that are out today are making television good and bad for all the right and wrong reasons. Although reality shows are giving us insight to celebrity’s lives, its posing a lot of drama on national television for the whole world to see and that is not acceptable. Its leading children and young adults and some adults into the wrong direction by pulling them into the drama they see on television every day and night. Television should set more positive images than they do negative and television would be so much better than it is with all these drama filled reality shows.

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