Harry Waters 'Reality Show'

Reality Shows “Competition improves things, burning away the dross and leaving the gold. This often works with commodities like cars but not with mass culture. There competition corrupts” (Will 290), George F. Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist make an avowal to reality shows. The varieties of television programs nowadays almost cover everything in our lives, and Americans seem particularly obsessed with the prosperous TV genre called “Reality Shows.” This type of shows aims to fully record and film every action and emotion of the people in the show either in competitions or even their daily lives. Does anyone remember when he or she starts to become so thirsty for what those ordinary people do in grocery stores or why they
According to Harry Waters, he summarizes the research made by Gerbner to explain how the reality shows affect viewers in different groups. For the most interesting part is how Waters analyzes that most of the occupations that we see in the reality shows are entertainers, athletes, and businessmen. “A mere 6 to 10 percent of television characters hold blue-collar or service job vs. about 60 percent in the real work force” (Water 139), we can see the imbalance between the shows and the reality that will cause the misleading notion for teenagers before having jobs. One of the noteworthy reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, most of the stars in this show are famous entertainers and live a affluence life, but they still keep complaining about some trivial things. Every episode focuses on each of their daily lives, their parties, weddings, shopping, and working. Those extravagant expenses on everything gradually twist the value of viewers, making those young people to think about that being an entertainer can easily make lots of money and own a life like the Kardashians. Just like what Waters states, “You almost never see the farmer, the factory worker, or the small businessman” (Waters 140). The misleading thoughts
Reality shows seem to conform to every type of TV programs include adventure shows, celebrity shows, competition shows, and hidden camera shows etc. We find ourselves deeply addicted to season after season of reality shows, and TV producers make our dreams come true. The reality show isn’t just a pure entertainment in our free time, but become a habit in our