Reality TV have taking over the way of life now in days, everyone know who is Snookie from the Jersey Shore is. But no one knows who won the novel peace award this year. (Including me)
I believe that shows like that are making us see the world as a big funny joke. They are making us stupid, and making us think that acting dumb on TV is a normal thing now is days. Like Timothy Sexton states and I quote “ One need only to possess the ability to humiliate oneself on national television, or have absolutely no shame whatsoever and make more money than many college graduates” that’s so true cause recently the cast of the Jersey Shore will get 100 thousand dollars per episode for the following season. That’s a joke! They don’t even have a college degree (well only one cast member) and they are making “professional money”. Going back on snookie I bring her up cause a few weeks ago I read on the newspaper that Rutgers University pay her 30 thousand dollar to be give an speech but refuse to pay that same money to a Novel peace winner, I’m telling you we are becoming stupid and they don’t even care about it, like the characters on that show.
We as a society are very shallow because television makes us that way. If you really analyze not everyone in the world are models, but all we see are beautiful people on TV. Why is that? Are looks better than once ability? That what timothy Sexton states that people would tune-in week to watch a pretty face than a normal face that have a better ability in any show. That’s a shame that young viewers think that “looks’’ will get you anywhere in life. But in reality that’s a fact and a shame one that is. I personally seen actions like this where I work at. ( Insurance world ) that they are hiring good looking people that don’t have any experience in the field, they are hiring them cause they feel like costumers will be attractive to them than someone that is less pretty. And yes it works but it’s a shame that we are living in a shallow world. But that’s life.
Now in days we are a selfish society, meaning we care for our self and we have to thank that to TV because they show us things like that on their programming schedule like show of competition. Only the stronger survive, and the weak will not mentality. Shows like fear factors are sending us messages that to win money or the contest we have to beat or defeat our opponent. Like Timothy Sexton states and quote “Reality TV shows reinforce the idea that life is nothing but a competition that we continually engage in which each other”. And more show I see that shows that idea the more I think that people are becoming selfish. In conclusion I agree with the author’s article because I see it for myself that we as a society are becoming a dumb, shallow and selfish.
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