Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Throughout the history of research in the media much has been said about the connection to social learning through television. With the rise of popular genre reality television, my findings proved a lack of previous research on reality television. By using Gerbners’ cultivation theory and my own textual analysis of MTV’s Jersey Shore season five, the following research provides direct messages from the show about gender norms, heteronormative relationships and women in the male gaze. This paper presents the audience with connecting past research on social learning through media to the messages that are being conveyed to our younger generations through reality television.
Recommended Citation
Swift, Brooke, "MTV’s Jersey Shore: An Educator on Interpersonal Relationships, Gender Roles and Embracing Manhood" (2012). Honors College Theses. 105.
https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/honorscollege_theses/105
Comments
Original document was submitted as an honors thesis requirement. Copyright is held by the author.