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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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    http://www.reality-tv-online.com/articles/history-reality-tv.html http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/tv_affects_child.html http://www.cybercollege.com/frtv/frtv030.htm http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Influence-Reality-Television-America/137600 http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2008/03/does_reality_tv_for_teens_indu.html http://www.education.com/magazine/article/reality-tv-equal-real-learning/ MTV first broadcast The Real World. The first television show that was considered

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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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    Course Date The Impacts of Reality TV on the Contemporary Society Introduction Reality T.V shows are among the latest trends in television programming and mainstream media. Most of the issues aired on reality shows vary from different themes and genres such as love‚ spirituality and competition. The contents of the reality shows usually entails the aspect of the unscripted format. It entails real people talking about real issues in the society. However‚ much as reality T.V show producers try to make

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    There are several reasons that reality television has become popular today. The three that I will focus on are the concepts of money‚ instant fame‚ and the guilty pleasure phenomenon. The first catalyst for reality television being popular today is money. Today’s shows offer huge sums of money to people who do not necessarily possess the career skills that would make them a productive enough member of society to amass such wealth through honest work. Simplified‚ dumb people get lots of cash. Now

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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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    (Henshaw‚ 2004). Within the past decade or so‚ the perception of teenage pregnancy has changed from an act of wrongdoing that is frowned upon to a “fashionable baby bump”. Why has this perception changed? I’d be willing to bet it’s from all of the new reality television shows and movies portraying teen pregnancies and not enough parent involvement. In the United States‚ teenage pregnancy has become a common occurrence with three out of ten girls getting pregnant before the age of twenty (Dooley‚ 2010)

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    Stereotype TV show episode: Russell Peters “Indians don’t do physical work” Russell Peters is a widely known American stand-up comedian‚ and many of his shows have been broadcasted and shown on TV. At the same time‚ many of his jokes have sparked controversy because of his many stereotypical themes. In this short clip‚ Russell is up on stage discussing a recent trip to South Africa‚ where he said that he was surprised to see many Indians there. He finds out that is because South Africans used

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    Gender Stereotypes in TV Commercials A television commercial is a form of advertisement that ranges in length from a few seconds to several minutes. In those few seconds a lot can be communicated either through a form of storytelling‚ or just appealing to the audiences emotions. A commercial is produced and paid for by an organization‚ which carries a message‚ typically to market a product or service. Most of the time the message can be perfectly clear to the audience and other times it can be uncertain

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    Reality Television and how it can influence the behavior of youth and teens There is no doubt that when it comes to American youth television is one of the biggest influences by far. Many parents would love to say that their child does not watch that much TV but in reality they are spending a lot of time watching television or using media in some way. “The study by the Kaiser Family foundation shows that children ages 2-8 spend an average of 5 ½ hours a day “consuming media” kids 8 and older

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