Justin Bieber, Snooki, screaming parents, and wild parties; it’s the world of MTV.
“The reality of MTV and the real-life situations that are blown out of proportion are what make me want to watch more,” Kali Blanc, junior, said.
MTV supports living above the influence, making the right decisions to stick up for teens who are bullied and saying ‘no’ to drugs in it’s 30 second commercials. But the other hour and half of TV displays partying, drinking, sex and bullying.
“I think that MTV is trying to show the way not to live in its shows,” Blanc, said.
“Jersey Shore” is the show on MTV which portrays people going out, partying and looking for their soul-mate. Teen mom is a show that displays the hardships teen mom’s across the world face as they raise a child in their high school age.
“I think that teens are most likely to imitate Jersey Shore and Teen Mom,” Kimberly Minden, sophomore, said.
In the show “Teen Mom”, the moms complain about money but they make more than they portray. Teen mom Amber, who is currently facing a felony and abuse charges makes $280,000 a year, the more dramatic the teen mom, the more money they make. MTV did have a show that showed the realism that students face everyday, “If you really knew me”, was at one time the hit of MTV but later seemed to die off.
“I think that ‘If you really knew me’ died off because students didn’t want to hear the truth, that’s it’s easier to like the drama than what’s real,” Minden, said.
If you really knew me, was a sit down and discussion show among students in which they learned what their peers really went through. MTV’s if you really knew me took off but never really flew. In its place, appeared MTV’s “Skins.””It’s really weird it freaks me out,” Minden said about the new addition to MTV.
MTV “Skins” may have a positive reinforcement though.
“The cast of ‘Skins’ in an interview said that what they do in their show is not how students should act. They are showing students the effects of the decisions they make,” Blanc said. MTV has become the Thursday night show that students love to watch.
“If MTV were cancelled I’d be upset,” Minden said. “It’s all I really watch.”