Should we boycott use of children in reality shows?
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/23/just-sayin%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-should-kids-be-reality-tv-stars/
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So clearly on the first part of the question, I feel yes we should. In my opinion shows like Supernanny actually reinforce the negative behavior in the kids. How is putting them on tv (which is super cool for a kid that age) for their bad behavior going to stop it?
As for the second question, why don't we refuse to watch, I don't think most people that watch reality tv stop and think about the effect the show is having on the people on it. They become characters just like any other tv show and we often forget they are real people not actors. In short people are too selfish to care to stop watching. Entertainment is entertainment.
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But, yes I wish we could boycott children in reality tv. Sometimes even just tv in general. I hate seeing kids in horror movies or dramas with inappropriate themes.
What people don't realize is that while children are developing and growing up, what they experience and see directly affects who they become. You cannot take anything back when they are grown up that you figure out by then was a mistake. You can't say well, we shouldn't have let you be in that television show so can you forget about it and not let it affect you.
I guess in my own way I have boycotted these things. I don't watch it and neither does my child.
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Some more resemble game shows.
Some more resemble talk shows (like Oprah or Dr. Phil)
Some more resemble documentaries.
When it comes to talk show-type "reality shows", like "Supernanny", I really don't have a big problem with them. The kids are only exposed to the television world for one episode, and hopefully get some real benefit out of it. Plus, the parents have very little to gain in terms of fame and money, so I see little risk in exploitation.
When it comes to documentary-type "reality shows", I used to not have a problem with them, but after the "Jon & Kate" debacle, I can't stomach supporting these shows, and WILL boycott them. My sick need for voyeurism can easily be satiated by adult idiots on reality shows. No need to drag kids into it.
Same goes for the game show-type "reality shows". Remember "Kid Nation"? It should've been cute and innocent. But it ended up being creepy and exploitative. So I'm going to pass.
And if we tune out, we get to have a say in what is programmed on tv!
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Reality shows usually show people at their worst, because that's what viewers want to see, for some reason. I don't consider that entertainment. Perhaps their own lives are so dull that they are living vicariously through the show's participants. That mind-set is behind celebrity worship, too. I'm more concerned with what's going on in my own life---I don't care what those goofballs on TV or in Hollywood are doing.
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Again, I'll contend that the lines of "reality tv" have become blurred. What would've been called a "game show" 20 years ago, is now called a "reality show". Same with "talk shows". Or "docu-dramas".
Can we just say we want to boycott trash tv? I think that covers it all, no matter what you label it.
Amen.
I pretty much have, my tv is only on about an hour a day and it's noggin (now nickjr.) for the munchin. He loves the freshbeat band. Well, and I watch House MD every week. I blame the hospital when I was in recovery from my labor there was a marathon on and that was the only channel I got. lol