Script+and+Reflection

Does Popular Culture teach immoral values?

 * Script (Reflection) **

** PART 1: PLANTING THE SEED **

In the course of this project I did not know where to start. I stumbled upon several topics. My initial topics that I wanted to explore were

- The effect media has upon teenagers and adolescents - The issue of ex-offenders and their release and rehabilitation into society - The missing link between poverty and crimes committed - The after effects of young men who are raised with an absent father

** PART 2: TAKING ROOT ** After searching through databases, I decided to focus on how the Morality in American culture has deteriorated over time. I am obsessed with reality television //from Real Housewives of Orange County//, //Real World//, //Jersey Shore//, to //Big Brother//, and //the Bachelor//. Reality television is an aspect of popular culture and reflects our society in a unique manner.

Reality television portrays everyday life. Do you find this statement accurate? Would you say that character such as “Snooki” represent American people? Is it reality for a middle-aged retired rapper to be the center of attraction especially for youthful women? Well this is Flavor Flav’s reality; on his 2nd reality series, Flavor Flav had a spin-off of the Bachelor series. He was looking for love and became the object of love from over a dozen young bachelorettes. These were not your average well-to do women. Their behavior was lewd and crude. This bad example was recurrent throughout many other television shows. Sex became an ordinary activity, in fact in many cases sex became the entire matter throughout an episode.

** PART 3: SPROUTS ** America is country which was founded based upon fairness, equality, and freedom. If you were to look in retrospect how the culture has evolved over time, you would see the rebellion against traditional American values. To illustrate this, I created a timeline from the Conservative 50s to our present-day era. In this time-line there are many examples in order for you to understand American heritage and the impact that reality television had on it.

** PART: 4: BLOOM ** My ultimate goal is explore how popular culture through the lens of reality television teaches immoral values and offer and expertise insight to this aspect of American culture. There are video clips and a vocabulary list so that those not familiar with reality television can be made aware. There are sources both scholarly which you can use for your educational enrichment.