Monday, June 13, 2011
True Life/Intervention
Digital media does a good job of showing every possible situation, sexual acts, animal life story's, teen mom story's, drug addict story's, reality tv, gossip, celebrities, documentaries on everybody, you name it the tube has it. Channels like National Geographic, TLC, A&E and MTV have many documented shows about real life people living with challenges they are trying to overcome. MTV in particular is one of them, and i'm sure were all aware of the show Intervention and True Life. These shows have many episodes of people doing drugs, they show this act right on live Television and not past any certain late night time. Kids of all ages can watch this if they are not being monitored by parents. They literary show the people in these shows doing the drugs, dope, coke, alcohol, heroin you name it, they show the methods they use, how they use it and then they show them being high afterwards. This is not very educational for younger kids who obtain this kind of information at such a young age. The shows don't even have a moral at the end, some of the people don't even get better, they just exploit their drug problem on TV. But lets face it that's what our viewers want to see. Its disturbing that these kinds of things are what interests people, and we all like watching the unknown or bad things. Why is that! Anyways i find shows like this to be pointless as well as disturbing, it shouldn't be on the air for kids or teens to watch, it teaches you how drugs are used and how "normal" it almost is that so many people choose to use. Oh Digital Media what will you come out with next?
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These shows are a little disturbing and I agree that if they are going to continue showing the drug use and teen pregnancies then they need to only show them after hours when kids are ASLEEP! I can't tell you how many times my little cousin has come across these shows while i'm babysitting and starts asking me questions..awkward! On a rainy day when i'm babysitting sometimes television is your last resort and it's hard to find something appropriate for a 10 year old to watch sometimes which is sad.
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