Do teen pregnancies decrease with reality programs?

byMarc-Olivier Maheu

A movie depicting nine months of Juno, a 16-year-old high school girl who had an unexpected pregnancy "JUNO」Was a big hit in the United States, but in reality program that actually chased girls who got pregnant in teens16 and Pregnant"Or"Teen Mom"Also"One of the most wonderful public campaigns to prevent pregnancy by teenage girlsIt is becoming popular enough to be said. However, when I actually surveyed juveniles and girls, it turned out that the content of the program was too unreal to avoid pregnancy, and vice versa.

Study: Heavy viewers of 'Teen Mom' and '16 and Pregnant' have unrealistic views of teen pregnancy: IUB Newsroom: Indiana University
http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2014/01/16-and-pregnant-teen-mom-shows-encourage-teen-pregnancy.shtml


Teen Mom Study | Wellesley College - Wellesley College
http://www.wellesley.edu/news/journalists/teenmomstudy


There was a sudden decrease in the teenage birth between 2008 and 2011 in the United States, initially thought to be due to depression, but after that, research that the cause of the reality program is the cause Results were announced. Among the women aged 18 to 24, for example, 8% saw famous episodes of these programs ... ...


Approximately 71% of the teens watching the program were mentioned as "most popular" among TV programs.


As a result of investigating social media, it turned out that "16 and Pregnant" changed the idea of ​​pregnancy possessed by teens boys and girls. Looking at the tag "# 16 and Pregnant" on Twitter was the best way to limit birth control.


Between 1991 and 2008, the birth rate of teens decreased by 2.5% on average.


However, from 2008 to 2012, when the program was broadcasted, the decrease rate has increased by 7.5%.


What is behind the decline? In other words, in addition to the economic decline that accounts for 57%, it turned out that it is 32% of the factors that cause "16 and Pregnant".


However, at the Indiana University Bloomington school this timeNicole MartinsAnd Utah UniversityRobin E JensenAccording to the viewers who often watching such programs tend to believe that "teenage mothers have enough income, there are fathers, and they live a life full of envious" about. Two people surveyed reality program and teenage pregnancy for 185 high school students, and as a result, teenage boys and girls watching reality program as "reality" rather than fiction, especially this kind of thought It was easy to have a teenage mother, so I could easily find a nursery school so I went to school and work, I took time to myself and found that I could easily graduate from high school . Some boys and girls do not understand that "programs are drawn towards the intended direction to make stories and dramas, and they are being edited." Some children also do not understand.

Eighty percent of the boys who were the subject of this survey had never seen "16 and Pregnant" or "Teen Mom", but 58% of the girls sometimes watch the program or sometimes answer. There were more girls' viewers than juveniles, but there was no gender difference about the influence of programs on children.

Two researchers said, "Frequent viewing of these programs may make viewers embrace unrealistic ideas for teenage mothers,"Mass Communication and SocietyHas been described in the magazine, as a result of having such a thought, also pointed out that there is a possibility that teenage boys and girls to perform dangerous sexual activity.

byBrandon Warren

Unlike "16 and Pregnant", which focused on the fact that teenage mothers face severe reality, among the "Teen Mom" ​​girls join the celebrities and decorate the cover of the magazine There was also a series that ends with, but real mothers of teenagers can not afford such a mother. It is estimated that the leading team of Teen Mom receives more than $ 60,000 a year (about 6.2 million yen), but half of real teens mothers failed to graduate from high school and became parents There are also survey results that the annual income received during 15 years is an average of 6,500 dollars (about 700,000 yen). However, the girls are more likely to embrace fame and status, and they turn their eyes on a more spectacular aspect than the harsh reality that appears in the program.

In the United States17 girls high school girls gather in pregnancyTeenage pregnancy is also becoming a social problem, but as for this research, "Because it misunderstood the program as reality, it does not necessarily lead to real pregnancy immediately"Voice of doubtAlso thrown. Regarding whether the reality program is preventing or pretending to be a teenage pregnancy, further investigation is required in the future, but the program on the subject of teenage mothers in the United States is still popular now and will continue to be broadcast It is scheduled to be done.

In Japan, it is now possible to see "Teen Mom" ​​from below.

Teen Mom ~ Mama 1st grade ~ talk count limited | Free video GyaO! | Drama
http://gyao.yahoo.co.jp/p/00865/v00157/