6. TEEN MOM

On MTV I watched a reality show called Teen Mom. The show is about teenage girls raise their child that they had recently given birth to. Prior to watching this show I had watched 16 and Pregnant which had the same teenage girls except the show was following their pregnancy. Thinking about this show makes me wonder what society has really come to. Are we that ignorant and shameful to have made a show following  the lives of teen mothers? This relates to the key concept media construct reality because the show makes it seem like it is that easy for a teenager to raise a baby when really it isn't. The show sugar coats every situation making it seem like it's hard when it is actually much harder because unlike the teenage girls in this show who have sponsors (huggies, baby food companies), teen mothers out there don't have any of that.