Most are familiar with the folk ritual of Rumspringa ironically through popular cultural. Maybe you've seen an episode or two of Breaking Amish or Return to Amish on TLC. There were a couple reality shows that gave the modern word a interesting look into Rumspringa in a more involved way. There is value at looking at how the media portrays a folk ritual because that is how the common people learn about it.
The article by Jennifer J. Bottineli "This Is Reality. Right Now, Right Here. So Be Real": Reality Television and the Amish "Other" (2005) explores viewing these series as version of ethnographies on the topic.
Bottineli talks about an HBO show called Amish in the City, that involved themselves in the ritual by having the teens live with other English teens in Los Angelos. She calls this clash an "ethno-interaction." The portrayal of The Amish ritual in these cases are distorted by outside intervention and idea that the audience can only understand so much. These shows are not made for The Amish to watch so they are made to cater to the experiences and beliefs of the modern world, this often makes the community look even more like odd outsiders and is a exoteric way of looking at the culture.
Other than these examples, there are a hand full of other Rumspringa references in the television shows or books, but the in depth view of Rumspringa is still rather mysterious. A community that refers to everyone else as "outsiders" usually has reservation sharing their culture with those outsiders.
