The Rising Of Popular Culture: A Bad Form Of Entertainment
Erica Spinillo Spinillo 1
Mrs. Spinilli
Academic Writing
4/17/11
Argument Essay Reality TV shows can be inappropriate at times, but then again it speaks the truth and even teaches many good lessons. My personal opinion is that these television shows are a good thing. This differentiates with Schlosser’s opinion upon the media but there are many aspects of reality TV that can be a good thing. Meanwhile Johnson argues, “everything bad is good for you”, I agree with this aspect of it. Not necessarily that everything bad is good for you, but when he talks about the media and television not having the negative affect that most people thinks it does, that is when I agree. When it comes to children acting out in response towards …show more content…
Many parents and just adults in general do not understand that having their children view the way the real world is can actually be an advantage rather than a disadvantage. This can broaden the child’s horizon, mature them, get them motivated and start to realize what career they may want to take part in. Instead of adults letting their children watch these shows, they shelter their children from such due to the fact that they are scared of the outcome from watching these shows. From the source “The Rising of Popular Culture: A Historiographical Sketch” they demonstrate how TV is a bad form of entertainment; “Despite a few studies such as Constance Rourke’s classic American Humor (1931), the history of amusements only rarely received attention in looks and classrooms.” Here they at least understand that entertainment is rarely ever received in classrooms and reading. Then, they continue to say how; “The theologian Reinhold Niebuhr also worried about modern entertainment. “Television ,” he wrote in 1952, “may represent a threat to our culture analogues to the threat of atomic weapons to our civilization.”” These people truly believe that television is harming the society and culture when it is actually doing the opposite, it is making individuals more aware and prone to helping out the society …show more content…
The media has a large affect upon individuals especially children. The counterargument here is the fact that what media has lost in moral clarity it has also gained in realism. This is saying that the media may display some inappropriate ideas but some bad ideas aren’t a big deal when the overall view of it is not so bad. Then again it is just entertainment so as long as it is serving its purpose without harming others it should not matter what everybody thinks. The concession here is that I acknowledge that many people may not agree with the point that reality TV and just TV in general isn’t all that bad. They try and promote good ideas and influences. Whether the topic is sexuality, drugs, socialization, voting or violence they all have inspiration upon children. Reality TV is a strong Spinillo 5 way of affecting society. In this matter I am for the idea of reality TV affecting individuals. It may be wrong at times but there are many ways in which it actually teaches children and widens their
Mrs. Spinilli
Academic Writing
4/17/11
Argument Essay Reality TV shows can be inappropriate at times, but then again it speaks the truth and even teaches many good lessons. My personal opinion is that these television shows are a good thing. This differentiates with Schlosser’s opinion upon the media but there are many aspects of reality TV that can be a good thing. Meanwhile Johnson argues, “everything bad is good for you”, I agree with this aspect of it. Not necessarily that everything bad is good for you, but when he talks about the media and television not having the negative affect that most people thinks it does, that is when I agree. When it comes to children acting out in response towards …show more content…
Many parents and just adults in general do not understand that having their children view the way the real world is can actually be an advantage rather than a disadvantage. This can broaden the child’s horizon, mature them, get them motivated and start to realize what career they may want to take part in. Instead of adults letting their children watch these shows, they shelter their children from such due to the fact that they are scared of the outcome from watching these shows. From the source “The Rising of Popular Culture: A Historiographical Sketch” they demonstrate how TV is a bad form of entertainment; “Despite a few studies such as Constance Rourke’s classic American Humor (1931), the history of amusements only rarely received attention in looks and classrooms.” Here they at least understand that entertainment is rarely ever received in classrooms and reading. Then, they continue to say how; “The theologian Reinhold Niebuhr also worried about modern entertainment. “Television ,” he wrote in 1952, “may represent a threat to our culture analogues to the threat of atomic weapons to our civilization.”” These people truly believe that television is harming the society and culture when it is actually doing the opposite, it is making individuals more aware and prone to helping out the society …show more content…
The media has a large affect upon individuals especially children. The counterargument here is the fact that what media has lost in moral clarity it has also gained in realism. This is saying that the media may display some inappropriate ideas but some bad ideas aren’t a big deal when the overall view of it is not so bad. Then again it is just entertainment so as long as it is serving its purpose without harming others it should not matter what everybody thinks. The concession here is that I acknowledge that many people may not agree with the point that reality TV and just TV in general isn’t all that bad. They try and promote good ideas and influences. Whether the topic is sexuality, drugs, socialization, voting or violence they all have inspiration upon children. Reality TV is a strong Spinillo 5 way of affecting society. In this matter I am for the idea of reality TV affecting individuals. It may be wrong at times but there are many ways in which it actually teaches children and widens their