Getting Real With Reality TV POC PGS. 291-294 In the article “Getting Real With Reality TV” published in the 5th edition of Perspectives on Contemporary Issues‚ author Cynthia M. Frisby argues that the reason that reality TV stays so popular is because of the audiences media gratification from social comparisons in the mass media. According to CBS‚ the same element of being human that encourages people to gossip about the lives of their friends‚ family‚ and even total strangers is what fosters
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The Popularity of Cell Phones English 102 Dr.Jermiah March 1‚ 2010 The Popularity of Cell Phones In today’s society‚ technology is becoming more advanced. It is becoming a necessity for people to use advance devices in their daily lives. Over the years‚ the cell phone and other communication devices had played an important role in people lives. Unfortunately‚ meeting face to face is becoming scarce and making cell phones more popular. Some major reason why cell phones are popular is because
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Forget it ! It’s more like empire with different levels of popularity. If you can’t figure out who’s who‚ you’ll never survive school. Keep your eyes open because this is your survival guide. Let’s start with the basics. The Popularities The movie “Mean Girls” feature a group of popular girls called plastics. The cliques or the league or whatever you call it are the highest of the high. They rule the school and maintain all the popularity. The popular kids look pretty or handsome. That’s how they
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Since the 1920’s‚ professional football‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ have become much more popular in the United States‚ however they have not yet been able to rival college footballs popularity in terms of attendance and revenue. One indicator of college football still being the most popular sport in the United States is game attendance. Some college football programs regularly have more than 100‚000 fans in attendance. In fact‚ in 2011 a regular season game between The University of Michigan and Notre
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Fast Food Popularity Nowadays‚ fast food restaurants appeal a lot to a large number of people‚ this has become one of the reasons why such kind of establishments sprawl in almost every place. The popularity of fast food restaurants has influenced many causes and effects. I believe there are causes such as convenience and price that are causing the fast food industry to grow so big. There are also some important effects of a large fast food industry such as health issues and increase in job opportunity
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Extreme sports popularity: People enjoy the thrill of having their heart race and their stomach knot‚ and they link these thrills with entertainment and enjoyment. Extreme sports‚ such as BMX biking‚ skateboarding‚ bungee jumping‚ rock or ice climbing‚ and whitewater kayaking fulfill the need for danger and fear. Although traditional sports remain popular‚ still extreme sports popularity is steadily increasing because of different age‚ sex‚ and race‚ media influence‚ degree of danger and fear‚ and
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Popularity in sports The popularity of sports didn ’t happen over night. The continual growth that happened during the 1920 ’s was very significant to sports today. Baseball wasn ’t always as popular is it was today. Babe Ruth started trending the high powered offense in Major League Baseball ("1920 ’s...and along came Babe"). Fans were impressed and helped baseball get a better fan base. Golf was also a new trending sport in the 1920s. Golf started getting more popular when they started
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Fast Food Popularity Fast food is a huge growth in our country. Fast food restaurants are constantly trying to increase their popularity growth by lowering prices and getting faster food service technology. With this said there is a huge competition between fast food restaurants all around increasing there popularity. There are many key factors to the reasons why popularity of fast food keeps on growing. It is believed that price may be a contributing factor to the increase in popularity of fast
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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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The effect of popularity of smartphones Ever since the invention of smartphone‚ our lives have improved significantly. Unlike the traditional mobile phones‚ smartphones have computing ability that helps people to manage their work efficiently. They become so popular that we often can see people using their phones everywhere. It seems that smartphones have become a necessity of our life. We almost can conclude that they are one of the greatest inventions. However‚ while we enjoy the benefits they
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