Journal 2

Mike's essay is brilliant. He captures the truth in an extremely clever way by pointing out the different effects MTV has been having on it's viewers. I believe that everyone had their own little MTV phase, where they actually took what was on the show seriously. I am an MTV victim myself, in middle school I used to take the information passed by these garbage shows literally. This is really embarrassing, but its the truth and I have experienced it first hand. Now that I have grown more mature since that age, I now realize what an idiot I was and how dumb most of the shows are. The Real World is the first show that comes to mind when I think about MTV and I am embarassed for every person to ever have been on the show. How can my fellow Americans act like this and be this ignorant? Most of the commentary and activities that go on this show disgust me. Mike makes a valid point when he claims that MTV tries to persuade teenagers what they believe about what is "hip" or not. If it's not the music, then its the clothes or the terminology.