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    audience to. Not just a perfect body‚ face‚ and complexion‚ the insecurity‚ self-esteem issues‚ and suicide‚ comes together in a package in which the cost is expensive. In November of 2000‚ the Campbell Soup Company launched a series of new ads for its television campaign. The ad included little boys and girls. The boys offered soup to the girls‚ while they declined it stating the reason‚ for they are watching their weight! That commercial immediately captured attention of many‚ for the concern of pre-pubescent

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    spend your time working on how you can improve and do better? No. You go on a reality TV show‚ opening the doors to your life and inviting the public in. It is pertinent to remember that as you bathe in fame‚ reminiscing about ‘the good old days’‚ there are more worthwhile things that you could and should do with your time. Why do Olympic Athletes feel they need to make themselves more famous by going on a television show like Strictly Come Dancing? Do they feel that it makes everyone lives that

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    the television. They zone out‚ and are bombarded with ads and TV shows that seem harmless but are harmful on a subconscious level. TV has become universal and affects everybody of all ages‚ religions‚ races‚ sizes‚ and sexes. There have been a number of recent studies that portray the negative affects of TV. Media‚ such as television‚ is a hindrance to America’s society because it causes more violence‚ creates image problems and deteriorates self esteem‚ and induces stereotypes. Television is

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    Negative Effects of TV The television has many effects on family life and the individual‚ causing family bonds to unravel and the individual to become naïve of their surroundings. The TV keeps one hooked for hours on end‚ causing family relationships to diminish and personal relationships to weaken. Not only does the TV seem to be a good alternative to conversations and interactions amongst one another‚ but it also helps to create a gap between the fictional world of TV and reality. Since the invention

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    about the affects of a controlled society on an individual. This movie stars Jim Cary as Truman Burbank and is set in modern-day reality. The hypothesis of the movie is a mammoth sociological experiment involving this man named Truman. Truman is born and raised on a gigantic movie set. Truman’s every action‚ since his birth‚ is documented in the form of a television reality show. Every aspect of Truman’s life has been preconditioned since his birth. This preconditioning is much like how society teaches

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    "When placed under constant scrutiny through surveillance‚ an individuals behaviour and relationships with others are likely affected. Its this notion that controls us the viewer to laugh at the many satires that produce Reality Television. Reality television shows‚ explores how when people are placed under constant scrutiny their behaviour and the way they interact with other people changes. Most of the time they preform for the cameras and play a role that is not in their personality. In

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    Throughout history‚ the media has played a major role in society. Among those in society studies have proven that young people are most impacted than any other group. Having greatly influenced youths by means of music‚ Internet‚ etc.‚ violence has skyrocketed far beyond what it once was. Since its beginning‚ music has had a major impact on society. Whether the drums of African tribes signaling war or the sounds of the opera‚ music has always seemed to have a way of touching on issues in society

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    30 November 2011 Reality Television Glamorizes Teen Pregnancy Media‚ specifically television has taken the issue of teen pregnancy to a whole other level. The shows 16 and Pregnant‚ Teen Mom‚ and The Secret Life of the American Teenager document the lives of young teenage girls facing the issue of being a pregnant teenager. Originally created to show the controversial subject of teen pregnancy‚ all of these shows soon began to change. As the seasons continued in all three of these shows‚ the

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    Reality TV 1. The text ”When Reality TV Gets Too Real” is written by Jeremy W. Peters in 2007. The text is about whether there should be a limit for how far you could go‚ when they were making reality TV‚ to get viewers. Jeremy W. Peters starts telling that‚ in a recent episode of Intervention‚ A&E’s documentary series about addiction‚ Pam an alcoholic‚ is driving drunk‚ and no one from the camera crew did anything. Every year they are pushing the boundaries for what you can show in reality

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    Good For You‚ author Steven Johnson‚ argues that even though our popular culture seems to get dumber‚ it is actually getting smarter. Johnson proves his arguments by comparing and explaining the benefits of the complexity of modern video games‚ television shows‚ and movies that require active participation and critical thinking in order for players and viewers to understand what is going on. Modern popular culture requires a lot of mental work‚ active engagement and problem solving. Rather than being

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