Summary Of The Irony Bribe And Reality Tv
Cloud, Dana. "The Irony Bribe and Reality Television: Investment and Detachment in the Bachelor." Critical Studies in Media Communication, vol. 27, no. 5, Dec. 2010, pp. 413-437. EBSCOhost Dana Cloud is a professor, author, and activist. At the University of Syracuse, she teaches communication studies. Cloud is most recognized for the phrase “rhetoric of therapy” in her book Control and Consolation in American Culture and Politics: Rhetoric of Therapy. Not only is Cloud an author of several books, she is an activist in social movements, feminism, queer theory, and critical rhetoric. To demonstrate Cloud’s love for being an activist, she protested Madeline Albright from making an appearance at Syracuse’s campus. In this article, Dana Cloud corresponds her strategy “irony bribe” to reality television. Irony bribe is a strategy that gains an individual’s attention by temptation of social and political fantasy. Cloud chooses to investigate ABC reality television show, The Bachelor, when Brad Womack (the bachelor) refuses to pick the love of his life at the end of the season. Because Womack exposed the ultimate mythic romantic script, viewers were left outraged and deserted. This violation offered viewers a bribe in exchange for their consumption. When
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examining the truth behind reality television, Dana Cloud presents adequate information that supports her stance. Her article shows how easily it is to believe in a fantasy. When a show is labeled “reality,” it represents a life that is not real. When viewers become displeased with the outcome it is ironic because they want the reality that is made up in their belief. Viewers may say they want the truth, but the truth is not interesting enough. Cloud also reveals how ironic it is that reality television includes the word real when the shows are scripted and not real. It is crucial in this day and time to know the difference between what is real and not real. Reality television has done nothing but set unrealistic goals that are most likely unachievable.
Mast, Jelle. "Negotiating the ‘Real’ in ‘Reality Shows’: Production Side Discourses between Deconstruction and Reconstruction." Media, Culture & Society, vol. 38, no. 6, Sept. 2016, pp. 901-917. EBSCOhost For over three years, Jelle Mast has held the position of an assistant professor at Vrije University Brussel. Before Mast’s current job, he worked at Erasmus College Brussels and the University of Antwerp. Mast earned his Master of Arts in Communication at the University of Antwerp, and attended KA Merksem for his secondary education. At the largest organization of discipline, Mast served as Secretary of the Visual Communication Studies Division of the International Communication Association. In 2015, Mast participated in the U.S. State Department’s Exchange Visitor Program, and stayed at the University of Arizona in Tucson for their school of Journalism. In this article, Jelle Mast examines and disassembles the word reality into its origin form, real. First, Mast distinguishes what is real and what is not real. He explains that reality television is not a lie, but is in fact a “managed reality” (903). Producers make up a reality that is far from real. Reality means true to life, and technically, the term should not be used in the context it is used in. Mast reveals that editing reality television becomes an issue when there is tension between ‘preferred reality’ and authenticity of the original event. This misrepresentation does not affect one’s true self, but affects the true value of the self-image.
To be able to recognize how reality television presents an unrealistic world, one must differentiate reality from a managed reality. Jelle Mast reveals appropriate information that allows readers to correspond to their individual lives. Not only does Mast present appropriate information, but he allows his readers to make their own judgement about reality television. His view on reality television is negative, but it is not rejecting. This topic how reality television is manipulative is relative in terms of people knowing what is real and what is not real.
Poniewozik, James and Jeanne McDowell. "How Reality TV Fakes It." Time, vol. 167, no. 6, 06 Feb. 2006, p. 60. EBSCOhost The author of “How Reality TV Fakes It” is James Poniewozik, and he is currently the chief television critic for the New York Times. While attending the University of Michigan from 1986 to 1990, Poniewozik earned a Bachelor of Arts in English. He also attended New York University’s graduate program in fiction writing. Poniewozik has written for several publications including The New York Times, Fortune, and Rolling Stones. Jeanne McDowell is the co-author of “How Reality TV Fakes It.” Before McDowell started a career in writing, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and English from the University of Boston. She then attended University of California, Los Angeles and studied Fundraising and Philanthropy. McDowell is the senior editor/writer of Writers Guild of America. In the past, McDowell has spent most of her career writing for TIME magazine in Los Angeles and New York. James Poniewozik and Jeanne McDowell explain the five tricks of reality television. The two authors start by comparing Woody Allen’s quote, “the heart wants what it wants,” to the producers of ABC reality show The Dating Experiment. Because the female participant disliked one of her “suitors,” the producers later used frankenbiting to make the story better. According to Poniewozik and McDowell, frankenbiting is a method producers use by clipping together different scenes to make the participant say words they wish to hear. According to their research, this method happens all the time in filming reality television shows. Although there is not an official script for some reality television shows, Jeff Bartsch, a reality show editor, says “there are many ways of using footage to shape a story” (Poniewozik and McDowell). At the same time, people do not like to be deceived, but then again it is ok if they do not know they are being deceived. Poniewozik and McDowell emphasize the manipulation producers create while making reality television shows. The more viewers’ producers have, the more money producers are going to make. Reality television shows have substantially increased over the years, and it is moving people away from what is real and not real. If producers want to film real life situations, then why do they cut and paste scenes to make up a new reality?
Potter, W. James. "Perceived Reality in Television Effects Research." Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, vol. 32, no. 1, Winter88, pp. 23-41. W. James Potter is an experienced author and professor. Before Potter received his Ph.D., he attended Pacific Lutheran University and Clarion State University. He received his Ph.D. in Instructional Research from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in Communication Theory from Florida State University. Not only does Potter have a great education, he has great experience as an author. Potter has written fifth-teen books, several scholar articles, and book chapters. In the past, Potter was a professor at several universities such as Western Michigan University, Flordia State University, Indiana University, University of California in Los Angeles, and Stanford University. At University of California, Santa Barbra, Potter is currently a professor over the Department of Communication. Most of his researches focus on media literacy and media violence. This article focuses on the effects of a perceived reality in television.
W. James Potter defines perceived reality in three categories: the message, the receiver, and conceptual definitions. The message, defines perceived reality in an ostensive way; for example, news programs are real while fictional programs are not. Potter reveals that the message effect must be “must be measured instead of assuming certain message cues will make the reality obvious to all viewers” (24). A perceived reality is a perception an individual’s reality. Potter’s research concludes that television influences people to seek information and instruction. This shows how different people perceive their reality based on reality
television. After examining the effects of a perceived reality, it is important to know that everyone perceives reality television in different ways. Although the information given in the article is more than twenty years old, Potter is credible for beginning the start of what is real in reality television. He gives adequate information during the time of his research that continues to strive today. Not only does Potter give his opinion about a perceived reality, he allows his readers to take responsibility of their own opinion. W. James Potter is credible when examining this topic of reality television that has gain strength over the past thirty years.
examining the truth behind reality television, Dana Cloud presents adequate information that supports her stance. Her article shows how easily it is to believe in a fantasy. When a show is labeled “reality,” it represents a life that is not real. When viewers become displeased with the outcome it is ironic because they want the reality that is made up in their belief. Viewers may say they want the truth, but the truth is not interesting enough. Cloud also reveals how ironic it is that reality television includes the word real when the shows are scripted and not real. It is crucial in this day and time to know the difference between what is real and not real. Reality television has done nothing but set unrealistic goals that are most likely unachievable.
Mast, Jelle. "Negotiating the ‘Real’ in ‘Reality Shows’: Production Side Discourses between Deconstruction and Reconstruction." Media, Culture & Society, vol. 38, no. 6, Sept. 2016, pp. 901-917. EBSCOhost For over three years, Jelle Mast has held the position of an assistant professor at Vrije University Brussel. Before Mast’s current job, he worked at Erasmus College Brussels and the University of Antwerp. Mast earned his Master of Arts in Communication at the University of Antwerp, and attended KA Merksem for his secondary education. At the largest organization of discipline, Mast served as Secretary of the Visual Communication Studies Division of the International Communication Association. In 2015, Mast participated in the U.S. State Department’s Exchange Visitor Program, and stayed at the University of Arizona in Tucson for their school of Journalism. In this article, Jelle Mast examines and disassembles the word reality into its origin form, real. First, Mast distinguishes what is real and what is not real. He explains that reality television is not a lie, but is in fact a “managed reality” (903). Producers make up a reality that is far from real. Reality means true to life, and technically, the term should not be used in the context it is used in. Mast reveals that editing reality television becomes an issue when there is tension between ‘preferred reality’ and authenticity of the original event. This misrepresentation does not affect one’s true self, but affects the true value of the self-image.
To be able to recognize how reality television presents an unrealistic world, one must differentiate reality from a managed reality. Jelle Mast reveals appropriate information that allows readers to correspond to their individual lives. Not only does Mast present appropriate information, but he allows his readers to make their own judgement about reality television. His view on reality television is negative, but it is not rejecting. This topic how reality television is manipulative is relative in terms of people knowing what is real and what is not real.
Poniewozik, James and Jeanne McDowell. "How Reality TV Fakes It." Time, vol. 167, no. 6, 06 Feb. 2006, p. 60. EBSCOhost The author of “How Reality TV Fakes It” is James Poniewozik, and he is currently the chief television critic for the New York Times. While attending the University of Michigan from 1986 to 1990, Poniewozik earned a Bachelor of Arts in English. He also attended New York University’s graduate program in fiction writing. Poniewozik has written for several publications including The New York Times, Fortune, and Rolling Stones. Jeanne McDowell is the co-author of “How Reality TV Fakes It.” Before McDowell started a career in writing, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and English from the University of Boston. She then attended University of California, Los Angeles and studied Fundraising and Philanthropy. McDowell is the senior editor/writer of Writers Guild of America. In the past, McDowell has spent most of her career writing for TIME magazine in Los Angeles and New York. James Poniewozik and Jeanne McDowell explain the five tricks of reality television. The two authors start by comparing Woody Allen’s quote, “the heart wants what it wants,” to the producers of ABC reality show The Dating Experiment. Because the female participant disliked one of her “suitors,” the producers later used frankenbiting to make the story better. According to Poniewozik and McDowell, frankenbiting is a method producers use by clipping together different scenes to make the participant say words they wish to hear. According to their research, this method happens all the time in filming reality television shows. Although there is not an official script for some reality television shows, Jeff Bartsch, a reality show editor, says “there are many ways of using footage to shape a story” (Poniewozik and McDowell). At the same time, people do not like to be deceived, but then again it is ok if they do not know they are being deceived. Poniewozik and McDowell emphasize the manipulation producers create while making reality television shows. The more viewers’ producers have, the more money producers are going to make. Reality television shows have substantially increased over the years, and it is moving people away from what is real and not real. If producers want to film real life situations, then why do they cut and paste scenes to make up a new reality?
Potter, W. James. "Perceived Reality in Television Effects Research." Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, vol. 32, no. 1, Winter88, pp. 23-41. W. James Potter is an experienced author and professor. Before Potter received his Ph.D., he attended Pacific Lutheran University and Clarion State University. He received his Ph.D. in Instructional Research from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in Communication Theory from Florida State University. Not only does Potter have a great education, he has great experience as an author. Potter has written fifth-teen books, several scholar articles, and book chapters. In the past, Potter was a professor at several universities such as Western Michigan University, Flordia State University, Indiana University, University of California in Los Angeles, and Stanford University. At University of California, Santa Barbra, Potter is currently a professor over the Department of Communication. Most of his researches focus on media literacy and media violence. This article focuses on the effects of a perceived reality in television.
W. James Potter defines perceived reality in three categories: the message, the receiver, and conceptual definitions. The message, defines perceived reality in an ostensive way; for example, news programs are real while fictional programs are not. Potter reveals that the message effect must be “must be measured instead of assuming certain message cues will make the reality obvious to all viewers” (24). A perceived reality is a perception an individual’s reality. Potter’s research concludes that television influences people to seek information and instruction. This shows how different people perceive their reality based on reality
television. After examining the effects of a perceived reality, it is important to know that everyone perceives reality television in different ways. Although the information given in the article is more than twenty years old, Potter is credible for beginning the start of what is real in reality television. He gives adequate information during the time of his research that continues to strive today. Not only does Potter give his opinion about a perceived reality, he allows his readers to take responsibility of their own opinion. W. James Potter is credible when examining this topic of reality television that has gain strength over the past thirty years.