Persuasive Writing Prompt #9- Reality Shows On Television

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.

Nowadays, there are more and more reality shows on television. Reality shows have had a terrible effect on our society. I believe that it is a bad influence for children of young ages and teenagers. These shows do not make good television because in the future those kids will want to have the life of the people in the reality shows. It is best that we expose good things to younger children and teens.

What effect has television had on my society? This is something that I ask myself and other people. This has become a major concern of many parents, grandparents, and educators. Many of these reality shows contain inappropriate things such as vulgarity, violence, and hyper sexuality that children should not be exposed to. There are many aspects to the effect that television, films, and advertising have on our society and on our children. These are related and often overlap, but in many cases they have separate and distinct issues.

For example, in the reality shows Keeping up with the Kardashians, Jersey Shore, and Bad Girls Club they display a lot of this inappropriate things that are bad influences to children. They are reality shows that are shown on famous T.V. programs. These shows were made to entertain us and show their “supposedly” everyday lifes. All they are trying to do is "entertain us". The truth behind reality shows is that it is all business. By them making their life crazy and wild they grab people's attention. This is when the cursing and vulgar acts come in place. The more views the program has the more money they make.

I strongly disagree that reality shows make good television. Sometimes shows expose too much. A small kid might be watching them and get examples from them, and in the future their path might end up going a whole different direction just because of that television show. Their life will become a disaster. When people sit at home watching shows they do not realize that they are just making them rich. They could be making money or finding a job instead of being at home and wasting their time. Good television shows that would be appropriate to watch are: national geograhics, history channel, or animal planet. Informs us about real life and we are able to learn stuff about everyday life.

Shows that do not teach us anything are not worth watching. We have to watch shows that would give us knowledge and be ready to answer any question in the real world. We have to watch shows that would teach us morals. Jersey shore definitely doesn’t do that. It just deals with alcohol, sex, fights, money, cars, tanning, and partying. Many would say that is “living life” which it is not because it just leads you to the wrong path. Real life is nothing compared to that, you have to make the right decisions. Reality shows has had a terrible effect on our society. So overall I really think that all these reality shows are bad television.