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Positive Role Model

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A positive role model could be defined as a celebrity, as a responsible person who puts others needs before their own while never altering their beliefs or values. A positive role model could also be defined as an individual who battles through hardships in their life while keeping an optimistic attitude. A personality that is compassionate and caring towards an individual while boosting self-esteem, or an individual who is available as a confidant. According to “a study from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health, youths who named role models they knew personally had better grades and higher levels of self-esteem.” (New York Times, 2002) DJ Tanner-Fuller from Netflix’s “Fuller House” is a positive role model for a mid-twenties to early thirties woman because she is motivated through moments that are incredibly complicated and always pushes through the obstacles life directs towards her.
Although some thought that a spin-off of “Full House” would not be successful, the viewer ratings prove otherwise. “A recent data grab from the US’s Symphony Advanced Media Ratings revealed that Fuller House was the most popular show on Netflix, and amongst the most watched shows on TV in general.” (The Sydney Morning Herald, 2016) The success of the show is in the numbers with an “averaged 14.4 million viewers among adults 18-49 within the first 35 days of its Netflix premiere date.” (The Sydney Morning Herald, 2016) Accordingly, the show has grasped the

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