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    definitions Reality Tv- television programs in which real people are continuously filmed - Oxford Dictionary Standard Weighing Mechanism We would like to set the standard as society Since reality TV can either do good or harm society‚ we believe that the team that improves society should win today’s debate With that said‚ we have a few main arguments 1. Economy Reality TV stimulates the economy The Reality TV industry produces a stimulus for the economy. "If I pay a reality star 1/50

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    Television does more harm than good When the TV was invented‚ it impressed the whole world‚ so everyone since then seeks to buy a one. In the past TV was only has less than ten channels and it were locked in the latest hours of night. But now there is thousands or millions of satellite channels are broadcasted on TV. As a result the number of TV owners has risen until 98% of American households have a TV set and the same is true of most developed countries. In fact‚ television channels

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    Morals and Values of Reality Television Crystal Wilson ENG 122 Angela Temple December 6‚ 2010 The topic of my paper that I chose to write about is Values portrayed on Reality Television shows. This happens to be a subject of interest for me because I have children and I am concerned about what they learn and get out of the shows that are currently airing on television. At this time I choose to monitor what my children watch because there is so much out there that I think is inappropriate

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    growth of reality television show in India and analyze the cause of their immense popularity among the Indian audiences. Indian are high on the emotional quotient and anything that strikes the emotional chord is a instant hit in India. The success of reality show in India can be attributed to a great extent to this weakness. The relief that these shows provide from the saas-bahu soaps is another reason for their immense popularity. The rising popularity of the reality shows on Indian television channels

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    2013 The REAL in reality television Young teens usually encounter a new "Real World" TV show while flipping through the channels. "Real World" are all about young people living together under one roof. These shows have kept society entertained and are always the top of discussion. Reality television is corrupting our society by being dishonest‚ relying on humiliation and conflict to create entertainment‚ and sending the wrong message to the youth. These deceiving reality shows seem to be

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    Reality Television- Why is it so Popular? Reality television is popular mainly due to voyeurism. Reality tv gives us the impression that we are looking into ‘celebrity’s’ or real people’s lives and how they live. When in fact some of the scenes in these programmes are scripted and set up purely for our entertainment. Reality tv follows a formula which draws in the audience. During the majority of episodes there will be humour‚ conflict and romance. Many people enjoy it because it relates to lives

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    Upset by all of this "garbage"‚ you turn off the TV and decide to try and find something a little more "educational" to do. Sex. It seems to be everywhere on television today. From sitcoms to reality shows to dramas to soap operas‚ sex is one of the leading factors in most television programs. A recent study showed that 3 out of 4 primetime programs portray sex in relationships and 68% of all television programs contain sexual content (Cutler‚ Jacqueline‚ TVData Features Syndicate March 24‚2001)

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    Reality television shows are the bane of American television. It seems that no matter what channel the TV is on‚ there is always a reality show playing or being advertised. Escaping reality TV can only be done by shutting off the television entirely‚ and many Americans would rather watch something they do not like than watch nothing at all. Reality television shows contribute nothing positive to American society and should be taken off the air completely. Jennifer Pozner discusses in her article

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    Society‚ in its simplest terms can be described as ‘a body of individuals living as members of a community’ (Oxford Dictionary‚ second edition). To define society‚ the expression‚ individual‚ has to be used and therefore this could suggest that one cannot survive without the other‚ rather like the chicken and the egg scenario; which came first? Durkheim‚ a sociological posivist‚ believed that society was the creator of individualism and to prove this‚ he utilised and investigated into the reasons

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    A Campus More Colorful Than Reality: Beware That College Brochure by Deena Prichep warns students to look deeper into a colleges demographics. In 2000 Diallo Shabazz‚ a student of the University of Wisconsin‚ was told that he was featured on the front of the admissions booklet. He was excited until he realized that he photographed at a football game he did not attend. Later he found that the admissions department had taken a picture of him and Photoshopped his head into a crowd of students. The university

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