Tv shows such as Teen Mom and Jersey Shore have influenced some individuals in a couple ways. For example, Teen mom shows that it can be okay if you have an unplanned pregnancy. You have options, such as keeping the baby, keeping the baby while having support, or giving the baby up for adoption. Farrah is a teen mom with a baby named Sophia. Sophia's father died so Farrah is a single mom, but Teen Mom shows that women who are single mothers will be okay with the support of others such as family. Caitlyn is also a teen mom but gave her baby up for adoption and Teen Mom also shows that there is an alternative instead of abortion. I'm not trying to say that having an unplanned pregnancy when you're a teen is a good thing, but Teen Mom has definitely made me think that if you're not ready to have a baby or raise a baby there are alternatives and options to take into account rather than abortion. I personally think that Teen Mom has an effect on the way people will act upon situations in an unplanned pregnancy.
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Jersey Shore has influenced a lot of individuals into the partying life style. I've seen so many guys with the "Pauly D hair" and it just looks silly on them. I mean it looks good on him, but not so much on other men. This show has influenced many people to do the "fist pump" at parties, clubs, etc., and it has also influenced numerous people to say the famous line "Yeah buddy!". I personally think that Jersey Shore is an entertaining reality tv show, but I get so annoyed hearing other people try to be like the people on the show or repeat lines from the show. Ever since Jersey Shore was released on tv it has effected the way individuals talk, act, and dress in relation to partying.
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Social networking media such as, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook have had a vast influence on individuals in todays society. Facebook has died down now, but twitter and instagram are very popular today. Twitter is just posting statuses about anything you'd like within a maximum of 150 characters. You can see updates on whoever you'd like to follow and have others see your updates when they follow you. Instagram is just posting pictures of whatever you'd like and you can also follow others and have others follow you. I don't know about everyone else but I get updated on things like what's going on in the world, or what my friends are up to by looking at Twitter and Instagram. I'm such a busy person that I don't often get the time to spend time with a lot of my friends and catch up. It's probably such a bad thing but when it was September 11, I first realized it was 9/11 when I looked at twitter. Oops. I find that Twitter and Instagram are the most popular media sites for our generation. You can get updated, find out what's trending, what's going on in the world, etc. Also you can follow celebrities on Twitter and Instagram and see what's going on in their life. It's almost sounds creepy to just look at someones updates that you don't even know, but it can be interesting to find out what celebrity used to be innocent and is now crazy like Amanda Bynes or Lindsey Lohan.
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Basically, the internet and reality tv shows have a big influence on people in todays society. It's entertainment to us and it can basically easily brain wash us. We rely on media in our everyday lives whether it's the internet, our phone, the tv, etc.
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I agree that media has a huge influence on society too. I personaly refuse to watch shows like Here Come's Honey Boo Boo, Jersey Shore, Teen Mom and similar reality shows. Even though some have a good message, I feel it is too impressionable on people. There were a group of girls in the US after the first season of Teen Mom who tried to get pregnant to have the same lives as them. I think people have a real disconnect with what is real and not real. Watching a show like Teen Mom doesn't always seem real because we don't know the people in the show personally. Once the cameras are gone, their lives aren't glamorous or anything, and I feel a lot of people do not realize that.
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