Why does MTV push their own agendas down kids throats?
491582
they don't care what you want to see they are trying to tell you what to think and feel that's the way most television and radio is. luckily most are more subtle about how they are pushing you.
1101434
i have no clue but i asked a question similar to this one a while back i think that that whole sterotype is just so nasty and disgusting and all these kids want is attention so if pple dont give that to them they'll stop, but we live in a society full of those kinda pple and its nasty and disgusting, thye also listen to the worst music ever and thats what is on the radio half of the time even though the music is completely pointless and stupid it is sending out horribly messages to kids to do stupid thing, its so annoying to like in the middle of the emo songs they will just be like random sccream and grunts its gross and i can't believe any person in the right mind would sign anyone singing that shit (but i guess those people weren't in their right mind obviuously) but yeah this can go on for days so im just gonna stop here\n\nthere\nis\nno\npoint\nto\nemo\nits\ncomplete\ntrash\nand\nthe \nworst\nsterotype\nor\ntrend \never
1061993
I agree:  While almost any show can be found to have some redeeming value somewhere (as another answerer pointed out about SpongeBob,) I think it is dangerous to just hope that the kids are picking the correct message out of most programs.\n\nBesides, there are SO MANY other things to do!  I look at it more from the point of view that there are too many other things a child (especially a young one) should be doing instead:  playing with toys, reading, playing with friends, just running or biking outside, playing with parents, etc. etc.\n\nWhile I agree that it would be possible for a child to have a very healthy & happy life with no TV whatsoever, I also don't think it necessarily needs to be removed completely, as another writer suggested.  Small doses of TV, large doses of playtime!
353084
Sometimes it's forced on by parents. All of my friends are 16-17 and, depending on how they're parents treat them, they act either younger or older. For example, I have a friend whose mother died when she was little and this girl knows how to take care of herself since she's been taking care of her dad for a few years. Another friend, though, is a little spoiled brat because she asks for everything and gets it plus more. Or it could be the bad media that shows the blondes in the tight skirts that little kids are exposed to and that's how they think they should act. Well, probably a little bit of both factors and more.
1040086
They are ridiculous!!! I mean really. We don't mute them, we turn on MTV( the music and entertainment is far better) until they are gone. There is a lot of really annoying stuff going on now.
616734
Yes usually TV adds glamorize drinking and make it seem fun and social; which is what all young people want to be (cool) or have (fun and friends). So I believe it does promote underage drinking.
656769
because they see that their parents, for the most part, are just children in adult clothing.  it scares them so bad to realize that no one is in control of anything, and so thay are trying to take up the slack.  that and corporate business interests are telling them that its cool to drink and have sex and get a bunch of credit cards.  i've been working on this for a few years now, we are screwing our children out of their childhood.  i am very worried about our collective future.  and i have no idea how to undo any of it.
829550
Not sure enforcing is the right word to use. But I agree that the power of the celebrities on the younger generation is powerful. TV is a powerful medium. And having these girls walking on the catwalk with a skeleton of a Zombie is definitely sending the wrong message to our kids.
681568
Bratz are just part of the promotion for pedophiles. The more little girls want to dress like whores and wear make-up like whores, the more it's ok for pedophiles to treat little girls like whores.\nWhy don't people pay attention to what they buy for their children?
298954
Some people decide to adopt the "gangsta" lifestyle. Rap is a part of this but not ALL of it. I think peer pressure impacts our personal decision making more than music. Most people know that movies, video games and song lyrics are fiction. \n\nBut I do believe the media, especially the news programs that people believe are true... do impact people's beliefs. Although most of it is propaganda and brainwashing.
119633
Everything is about what we are taught. If you put three children together who are not old enough to have misconceptions and bigotry, they will play and have fun based on their base feelings. \n\nThis way of thinking is taught and I say "shame on them" to the parents allowing this, but then again, the parents were taught as well.\n\nLike all bad habits, the chain must be broken by rethinking the way of believing ones own truths.
272503
yes, i agree with you times are definatly changing with the what they see on TV to what they see, hear about, and maybe even do in school...not to mention the responsibilty's that this time and age entale it could be that they are taking care of themselves and/or siblings or the very "grown-up" situations that they have to face everyday also good parenting of i guess our times could be a source for change not wanting their kids to grow up like they did, and alot of teens are taking a stand on what they believe whether it's moral or religious and such i guess the list could go on and on but don't get me wrong there are still alot of kids/teens that still act their age or less lol but the good in alot of ways out ways the bad
402815
It all started when some poor kid whose hair looked like crap cause he slept late and didn't have time to comb it and only had all black clothes to wear one day shamefully went to school awaiting to be ridiculed.  \n\nA few kids at school saw him and said "whoa dude - looks rebellious - I think I'll try the same thing tomorrow".  The next day a few other kids who weren't good at sports, academics, band, or pretty much anything else did the same thing and it spread to other schools across the world.  \n\nTo continue to be "nonconformist" the starters of the goth movement had to begin sticking crap in their bodies and getting tattos thinking no one else would be stupid enough to try that just to fit in but, alas - they were wrong.\n\nThere you go - now all the kids that think they are rebels and individualists, who aren't good at anything all look like about 20 million other kids who think their rebellious nonconformists who really aren't good at anything either - go figure.\n\nPeople across the world want to belong to something - even if its Al Queda.  Look at the older generation of what used to be called yuppies.  Goth to young people is like some wannabe poser smoking a cigar even though he knows it is the foulist tasting, vialist, most nasty thing he has ever put in his mouth.  \n\n20 years ago no one smoked cigars and the entire industry was all but bankrupt.  Along comes Bill & Monica and now you know the rest of the story.  \n\nToday if eating dog crap was made popular by some "celebrity" - there is a certain type of person who is so desperate to fit in he would be walking around with a pooper scooper.\n\nIf ya gotta look around to see what's considered hot - you can be sure of one thing - it ain't you.
483274
An overload of negative reinforcement of ideas generated by the media is the main thing. Giving people false ideas about many things is a big problem (mainly with children who take it too seriously and believe what they see is the norm). Not to mention, the excessive amount of time you are on 'autopilot' by sitting in front of the 'boob tube'. There's a lot being lost by not thinking outside of the box (figuratively speaking) and sitting in front of one. If you get out and do more than being holed up watching the TV, you are usually a better person for it, assuming your choice of recreation is a good one. TV in moderation can be a good thing - keeping up on current events, and for entertainment, but moderation is the key to a good balance. Don't get me wrong, I have a few favorite shows I hate to miss, but it's not the end of the world if I do - there's another one out there.
779059
They just want to be unique and get attention. I know what you mean, it bugs me how they could name their kids such weird names!!! I feel sorry for the kids when they grow up.
851197
how about "mass media corrupts the minds and attitudes of our children?"
613392
Yes. Too many kids have a pack mentality. They shun anyone who has different views even if they are perfectly reasonable. It's hard for the dreamer, the shy one or the one who marches to a different drummer to be accepted.