Negative Effects Of Reality Tv On Society

Shows like Keeping Up With the Kardashians, The Bachelor and The Real Housewives have been taking the country by storm with the unscripted, outrageously unpredictable stories of ordinary people from around the country.Americans spend 33% of their free time watching television and 67% of the shows are reality television(Reality Television:a Shocking Statistic).The average American watches five hours of television a day, that means they spend three and a half hours a day watching reality television.This shows that reality television is affecting everyone's everyday lives.Reality television is harmful to our society because it promotes stereotypes,it leaves a lasting impression on young susceptible minds,and it is false advertising. A guilty pleasure enjoyed by many,reality television
Now,the newer the show, the more controversial it is.In 2009 when The Jersey Shore deupted, the infamous phrases including GTL,and guido, seemed to anger many New Jersey natives,because MTV liked to get the point across that the “reality show depicts everything they say a summer in the Garden State is about: hair gel, hook ups and the coveted, flawless tan” (Friedman).This show stereotypes Jerseyans into a group of people who only care about how they look.The show ended in 2012 but still has left behind a stereotype that will forever be engraved in New Jersey’s history. The most stereotyped group of people is black men.Black men are shown “as either angry and violent, lazy and stupid,or sexually aggressive and dominating”(Balkin).Reality Television fails to show the diversity of black men,and they do not seem interested in a showing men who are “educated, uneducated, athletic,