Keithran Hopson how reality tv affects youth

. A study conducted by the Girls Scout Research Institute shows that a higher percentage of girls believe that backstabbing their friends and gossiping about other people is a normal thing that girls their age should be doin

Reality T.V shows are a bad influence on the minds of teenagers

“It sends a message to the next generation that this is what I have to do, this is what is expected of me when I get to college or get to the business world,”

“What we have found is that they do contain higher levels of profanity and foul language. They also tend to include more aggression.”

. “However, the extremely high levels of relational aggression in reality programs are somewhat alarming, given the realistic portrayal of the aggression.”

"When we were kids, there was this commercial with an egg that said, 'This is your brain on drugs.' 'Jersey Shore' is like saying, 'This is your brain on alcohol.'