Question

article on negative impact of reality shows on chidren

Answer 1

Reality is made basically for adults and without proper knowledge and understanding, children can be misled by it. Children who are left to watch these shows on television can often be baffled at the display and can take them as behavior expected out everyone, especially themselves and their peers.

Even children notice how people do planning and plotting against each other to win the prize. And they have the habit of imitating, especially adults. Watching these shows might have a negative impact on them and they can pick up acts of violence, false identifications, lying, cheating, abusing, and ditching their own family and friends.

It is useless to say, focusing on limiting the exposure on kids of television is good start to prevent reality TV from “taking over” in our house. We need to make our children understand that reality shows are decidedly not reality.

Reality shows to find the best singers, best dancers, best comedians, best quizzers and even shows to find the luck of a person have captured the minds of persons. Almost all the languages in India and almost every channel in the country will have their own reality shows.

With Big Boss and Swayamvar ruling the TRP ratings, it is time to analyze the consequences of these shows. Big Boss is just a fake show, so is the much hyped Roadies show on MTV. The contestants in these shows are encouraged to use the bad words which directly or indirectly impact the viewers. Such shows inculcate a degrading personality among the youth of the country. Children get affected far worse due to this. Moral aspects are left out and an India with morally degrading youth is on the verge of emergence.

Answer 2

Reality shows are the shows which encourage talents to come forward before the world and show them their talent. These shows have positive and negative impact on the viewers. Some viewers get encouragement to realize their own potential. There are at times, some negative impacts especially on the minds of children of these reality shows. Researches have shown that children fall short on understanding the thin line between what is shown on the show and what reality is. They don't understand the danger of trying some of the stunts and try them which may have a harmful outcome. Insecurities also start building its home in the minds of the children who start to underestimate themselves when they see children of their age possessing such talents. In case if the favorite contestant of the child gets eliminated there is a risk of emotional distress in the mind of the child. These are some of the negative impacts of the reality shows on the mind of the children.