Reality Tv Oxymoron Analysis
Summary and Response
The article Reality Television: Oxymoron by George F. Will describes how television works and how it has changed over the years. He explains how television shows are now mostly imitations, they create shows off other shows with a somewhat more interesting twist making viewers more interested in watching. According to George F. Will, people are becoming "desensitized". Since people are becoming less easily shocked or amazed, television shows now are increasing the amount of degradation, violence, and sexuality. George F. Will’s main points are imitation and the shock factor. One of his examples was “Fear Factor” and how it is a spin-off of the television show “Jackass” just they added a reward. Making the participants more
The article Reality Television: Oxymoron by George F. Will describes how television works and how it has changed over the years. He explains how television shows are now mostly imitations, they create shows off other shows with a somewhat more interesting twist making viewers more interested in watching. According to George F. Will, people are becoming "desensitized". Since people are becoming less easily shocked or amazed, television shows now are increasing the amount of degradation, violence, and sexuality. George F. Will’s main points are imitation and the shock factor. One of his examples was “Fear Factor” and how it is a spin-off of the television show “Jackass” just they added a reward. Making the participants more