media

I agree with Kendall in that the media does have a large impact on how people live their lives everyday regarding life style and investments. People see how characters on television act, and they aspire to be and live like them. The problem is that the media never shows the television character’s financial issues. People see the characters go out the a fancy restaurant, coffee shops everyday, but no one ever seems to have problems paying the bill, even though they work low to middle class jobs. Not so educated people will think that this is relevant to real life, will do the same thing, and fall into debt. In order to improve this, the media needs to make their reality TV a little more realistic. Everyone pays bills, and not everyone can have five computers, eat at St. Elmos every night, and live in a mansion while working at McDonalds (yes, I know, exaggeration).