to ever be created‚ or is it? I cannot imagine life without a TV. Television provides information and entertainment. Nowadays almost all people have their TV at home. Ever since I read Dana Stevens article‚ I’ve learned that television does more harm than good to people’s lives. TV can be comforting but it can get addicting. It teaches children to sit and watch adventure TV shows than actually doing it. Society thinks that watching TV is okay but in my opinion it’s not it can teach children bad things
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The Rise of the Ordinary According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ reality television can be defined as “television programs in which real people are continuously filmed‚ designed to be entertaining rather than informative.” (Oxford). This genre first made an appearance in television rankings back in 2000. By 2007-2008 it captured 77 percent of the total audiences (Nielsen). Reality Television started in the early 1970’s with shows like An American Family and Candid Camera. From then‚ different authors
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REALITY SHOWS SHOULD BE BANNED Reality television is a programming genre that presents unscripted or “Humorous” situations‚ documents actually events and usually features ordinary people instead of real actors. Usually involves love‚ violence‚ and money. Examples of these types of shows are‚ “jersey Shore”‚ “Toddler’s & Tiara’s”‚ “bachelor” and “The Real World”. In my opinion I believe such reality shows that promote anorexia‚ partying‚ lust for money‚ violence‚ should be banned for
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Entertainment programming scheduled during primetime has always been popular amongst audiences‚ however; in recent years certain reality competition programs have risen above the other formats by using innovative concepts to engage viewers. The key to the explosion of this television format was the interactive element of audience participation. For each interactive reality competition‚ the viewers determine the winners. The beginning of the popular format as we know it started with Britain’s “Pop Idol”
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Johnson T/R 11-12:15 Research Paper 7 Dec 2010 What Makes Reality Television Survive? In the year 1992 a new idea was introduced to America and it was called reality television. MTV produced a show called‚ The Real World that had seven strangers living in a house together and had everything they did filmed. After many failed attempts at trying to make this reality trend catch on‚ CBS launched Survivor‚ which pioneered the way for all reality shows to follow in the next decade. It was a show about
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Reality Television Stereotypes James A. Forbes once said‚ “When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes‚ rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the heart‚ mind and spirit‚ their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.” Over time‚ our generation has watched reality television develop into one of the most sumptuous prodigies of our time. From “Bad Girls Club” to “Basketball Wives” reality television has maneuvered itself into our everyday infrastructures
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English 101 November 26‚ 2012 When researching on the effects of television towards Americans‚ I found quite a few published studies‚ articles and books that were helpful in educating me on this epidemic. The average child will spend 1‚500 hours a year watching television and in those 1‚500 hours they will view an average of 200‚000 acts of violence by the time they graduated high school (Norman Herr‚ Ph.D.). By the time a person turns 18 years old they will have watched 3 years worth of
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Reality television is not harmful to its viewers and can be beneficial. It is a good source of entertainment. Reality television has become a major part of what people are watching on television today. People are drawn to these shows to escape everyday stresses. It has become so popular because it plays off of people’s emotions and imagination. Sitcoms usually portray perfect families who can solve any problem in thirty minutes. Reality shows show real people and how they react to different situations
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children‚ watching television can cause poor grades‚ behavior problems‚ obesity and risky behavior. Instead of doing homework‚ studying‚ exercising and having hobbies children are wasting time in front of the television. While some may argue that watching television can be an effective learning source‚ it is not. Throughout this paper children are defined as ages 1-18. At any age school requires much of a child’s time and attention. Watching television may cause children to get poor grades because
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Effects Of TV on Children "By the age of 18 a child will have watched 200‚000 acts of violence on TV‚ including 40‚000 murders" (Clark). What does this mean? Well‚ this means the television industry is showing an absurd amount of violence on TV. Television has been around for many years. In 1952‚ the first violent TV show aired on television and it was a hug success ("To much TV is harmful to kids"). Since then‚ the number of violent shows on television is increasing over the years. What makes
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