Reality Shows
Reality Shows In china: A Road to a More Democratic China or Not?
In 2005 up to 400 million viewers, nearly a third of the population of China sat to watch the grand finale of The Chinese version of American Idol Supergirl Idol. The winner Li Yuchan was chosen via text messages receiving 3.5 million votes. Apart from voting through new age technology ,the 2005 finale also was covered by over 100 newspapers with series of articles and the website sina.com alone received 2.4 million comments on the final night. This was seen as a ground breaking moment in both the economic and cultural sectors of Chinese society. Reality TV can be defined as shows that film and follow ordinary people in artificial situations. They could either be at work or in a competition show. Reality shows only came to China in recent years but have since made its impact. With TV programs such as Super Girl and Boy, Dreams in China, Blind Dating shows, each one has attracted thousands of people to participate. Reality shows in China have generated a lot of revenue for not only companies but for the state. Reality TV is one of the fastest growing sectors. For instance the Shanghai-based Dragon TV's reality-style programmes, is said to have a combined value of about $500million. These programmes had generated a further $1bn for other businesses in Shanghai, in a chain of value-adding that extended from the producer to advertising agents, telecom operators, mobile phone message service providers, entertainment industry design companies and broadband websites. Supergirl Idol, which originated on a Hunan satellite channel, was so successful both commercially and economically that TV stations across China have since produced more than 500 reality shows, ranging from music to martial arts. By one count there were of 50 of them on satellite television at one time and dozens more on regular television.
Through communication technology, the Internet in particular has given a useful hand in developing
In 2005 up to 400 million viewers, nearly a third of the population of China sat to watch the grand finale of The Chinese version of American Idol Supergirl Idol. The winner Li Yuchan was chosen via text messages receiving 3.5 million votes. Apart from voting through new age technology ,the 2005 finale also was covered by over 100 newspapers with series of articles and the website sina.com alone received 2.4 million comments on the final night. This was seen as a ground breaking moment in both the economic and cultural sectors of Chinese society. Reality TV can be defined as shows that film and follow ordinary people in artificial situations. They could either be at work or in a competition show. Reality shows only came to China in recent years but have since made its impact. With TV programs such as Super Girl and Boy, Dreams in China, Blind Dating shows, each one has attracted thousands of people to participate. Reality shows in China have generated a lot of revenue for not only companies but for the state. Reality TV is one of the fastest growing sectors. For instance the Shanghai-based Dragon TV's reality-style programmes, is said to have a combined value of about $500million. These programmes had generated a further $1bn for other businesses in Shanghai, in a chain of value-adding that extended from the producer to advertising agents, telecom operators, mobile phone message service providers, entertainment industry design companies and broadband websites. Supergirl Idol, which originated on a Hunan satellite channel, was so successful both commercially and economically that TV stations across China have since produced more than 500 reality shows, ranging from music to martial arts. By one count there were of 50 of them on satellite television at one time and dozens more on regular television.
Through communication technology, the Internet in particular has given a useful hand in developing