Jersey Shore Stereotypes

Jersey Shore vs. Geordie Shore The Television shows, the Jersey Shore and the Geordie Shore that are aired on MTV, are seemingly very similar but they also have many differences. The shows depict stereotypes from very different cultures. I am going to explore the different stereotype and gender norms. I will explain how a “new” stereotype and gender standards has emerged from media like Jersey Shore and Geordie Shore for the Millennial generation. The Jersey Shore first aired in December of 2008 and the series continued until coming to an end in December of 2012. The show followed the ins and outs of the everyday life of eight strangers made roommates. The first season was set on the Jersey Shore of New Jersey, the second in Miami, Florida,

Clearly the members of the cast are not poor in the typical since of the word but they display behavior treats that are associated with the working class of North England (Could ‘Geordie Shore’ And ‘Made in Chelsea’ Be Impacting On The Way We View Social Class?). Of course, like Jersey Shore, Geordie Shore demonstrations an over exaggerated form of this stereotype. The senseless amount of alcohol drinking, partying, and sex craved cast only expressions to the viewer that the stereotypes are true. The gender norms are similar to that of Jersey Shore. The Geordie Shore shows the traditional values of the working man and stay-at-mom

You could argue that reality television started life with the first fly-on-the-wall documentaries in the early 1970s; in Britain the pioneering example was Paul Watson’s 12-part observational documentary The Family (which aired on the BBC in 1974), although it was itself modelled on Craig Gilbert’s US series An American Family (1972). At the time, the fly-on-the-wall format felt thrillingly fresh and intimate. Over the years, however, viewers grew familiar with it and thrill-seeking TV producers realised they needed a twist. Enter Big Brother, and hundreds of shows like it, which placed its subjects in a heightened version of reality by cooping them up in a confined space and then poking them with a metaphorical (and in some cases literal) sticks.

For a decade, millions of viewers were entertained. But over time the conceit grew stale: contestants knew how to play to the cameras; viewers had seen it all before. Yet the reality TV producers weren’t finished and had two further trumps up their sleeve: minor celebrities (who were happy to abase themselves on shows such as I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! for an extra seven minutes of fame) and a new breed of TV series that fused the filming methods of a fly-on-the-wall documentary with the story arcs and cliff-hangers of a scripted