Jersey Shore: sending a bad message to today’s youth?

I don't know why I'm so obsessed with Jersey Shore! These reality stars are all around the same age as me, 21. The age when most people have no idea what they want to do for a living. What is America indirectly telling America’s newest MTV generation? That if you make a complete fool of yourself and do outrageous things to get attention, you can make it big too- no hard work required. Mass communication technically refers to the process of transferring or transmitting a message to a large group of people — typically, this requires the use of some form of media such as newspapers, television, or the Internet. Another definition of the term, and perhaps the most common one, refers to an academic study of how messages are relayed to large groups of people instantaneously. Shows like Jersey Shore prove that America loves consuming crappy entertainment. Every where you go you can't get way from seeing something about or related to the show. Music, magazines, re-runs, and event clothing are everywhere! Whether we admit it or not, we love junk. We consume junk in droves whether it is in the form of reality television or food. We will swipe our credit cards and accumulate debt in order to pay for junk, we will google for junky quick-read/low-information articles. And the scariest part is that young people are being told that if you can create junk, you can make it big.