Broadcast Yourself Questions and Answers

Comprehension Questions 1-6
1. According to Pinsky what are some of the dangers of watching reality tv shows?
According to Pinsky, Some of the dangers of watching reality Tv shows are that being a celbrity is like a game that anyone can play. The behaviors of celebrities is imitated intwo ways. First the behavior is as a inspiration or a license to act in similar ways. Secondly people use the behavior to sit in self rightousness judgemnet, by shoring up their weak self-esteem.
2. Whcih Type of reality Tv show is in Pinsky opimion, the worst? In Pinsky's opinion the type of reality show that wasa the worst is "The Real World."
3. What Influence do the producers have on realty Tv shows? How do they Manipulate the cast members? The influence the producers have on reality Tv shows is that when the cast members were acting out sexually or when the cast members were drinling heavily or using drugs so wewre the young adults who were relating tpo the cast members without what was going on. they manipulated the cast members by discussing thier housemates beahviors in villitayting confessions sharing their feelings with the camera.
4. Kinsky writes that "the road to fame is filled with bad behavior." what does he mean by this? can you think of examples from current TV shows? pinsky  means that "the road to fame is paved with bad behavior" that becoming a celebrity involves a lot of bad behavior like drinking, doing drugs, and fighting.
5What is narcissism, and whyt is it so damaging? what does the myth of naricissus have to do with narcissism? Narcissstic traits include extreme self importance, inflated sense of specialness, vanity, envy, and intitlement.
6What was weak ties , and why are they important to pinskies Arguement? the weak ties theory is gossiping sites. they are important to pinsky arguement because they have to do with narcissism.
7This reading is achapter from pinsky's book titled the mirror effect. Based on this cahpter, what do you think the "mirror effect" is? I think that the mirror effect is when somebody mirror the behaviors of a celebrity.
Discussion Questions 4&5
4. Do you agree that narcissism is a serious problem in american society? Why or Why not? Yes I agree that narcissim is a serious problem in american society because extreme self importance creates problems for other people because if someone is allways haveing self importance than they dont care about others. If someone also has a inflated sense of specialness.
5. Does social networking encourage narcisstic behavior among people? Why or why not? Social networking does encourage narcisstic behavior because it gies pople room to have narcisstic traits.