The Effects of Reality Television Show to the Mass Communication Students of Far Eastern University
The Effects of Reality Television Show to the
Mass Communication Students of
Far Eastern University
A Thesis Presented to
The Faculty of the Department of English
Far Eastern University
Nicanor Reyes St., Manila
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course
English II
Go, Jerome
Punsalang, Mary Justinne
Recio, Maecy Joy
Toledo, Leah Faith
MC1123
October 5, 2012
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
According to Ilda (2011) on her post to the website to Get Real Philippines!, Filipinos in general have the desire to be on a permanent state of euphoria or at least with being supposed to be a happy-go-lucky society no matter what circumstances they are in. Happy-go-lucky is a characteristic of a person in which he is optimistic on things around him, takes things lightly, and often smiles.
Often, Filipinos get their smiles while watching television. According to the study of Sigmund Freud, watching television can cause absorption and imaginative involvement, a defense mechanism to escape one’s problems. (Bowins, 2004) Moreover, as found out on a survey conducted by the AGB Nielsen Philippines on 2007, one of the most watched television shows of the Filipinos are reality shows. “Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted melodramatic or ‘humorous’ situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situations where a prize is awarded.” (Hill, 2005) As stated by Hicks, 2009, Dr. Sundar said that the main reason why people watch reality shows is that this kind of programming allows the audiences to participate in the action performed by those in reality television shows. One of the reality television shows that captivated the Filipinos was Big Brother. “Big Brother is a reality television franchise created by John de Mol… The first-ever version of Big Brother was broadcast in
Mass Communication Students of
Far Eastern University
A Thesis Presented to
The Faculty of the Department of English
Far Eastern University
Nicanor Reyes St., Manila
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course
English II
Go, Jerome
Punsalang, Mary Justinne
Recio, Maecy Joy
Toledo, Leah Faith
MC1123
October 5, 2012
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
According to Ilda (2011) on her post to the website to Get Real Philippines!, Filipinos in general have the desire to be on a permanent state of euphoria or at least with being supposed to be a happy-go-lucky society no matter what circumstances they are in. Happy-go-lucky is a characteristic of a person in which he is optimistic on things around him, takes things lightly, and often smiles.
Often, Filipinos get their smiles while watching television. According to the study of Sigmund Freud, watching television can cause absorption and imaginative involvement, a defense mechanism to escape one’s problems. (Bowins, 2004) Moreover, as found out on a survey conducted by the AGB Nielsen Philippines on 2007, one of the most watched television shows of the Filipinos are reality shows. “Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted melodramatic or ‘humorous’ situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situations where a prize is awarded.” (Hill, 2005) As stated by Hicks, 2009, Dr. Sundar said that the main reason why people watch reality shows is that this kind of programming allows the audiences to participate in the action performed by those in reality television shows. One of the reality television shows that captivated the Filipinos was Big Brother. “Big Brother is a reality television franchise created by John de Mol… The first-ever version of Big Brother was broadcast in