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    Reality TV Why is Reality Television (TV) so popular? What is it about shows in which they take normal people like you and me and put them on TV and expose every aspects of there lives. The personal‚ emotional‚ and physical characteristics of these people’s lives are broadcasted for millions of people to watch‚ as they compete to win a large sum of money. But in every show there are only one winner and the rest of the people going home usually empty handed. What is it that people find so entertaining

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    the Internet‚ Television‚ iPods‚ Social Network‚ or music technology. The television‚ one of the most popular mass media in these days‚ was developed in 1884‚ as a first electromechanical machine from a German named Paul Gottlieb Nipkow‚ but nowadays it using has changed; it is employ in Italy from more than the 90 percent of the population. For this‚ there are many opinions on the impact that the TV has had on the people of the entire world: Alfred Hitchcock once said‚ “Television

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    impact on various aspects of private and public life. The media (especially television) has become an important type of leisurely activity and entertainment in our lives. Television heroes stormed into our lives like new best friends. We talk about them all the time and we try to be and act more like them every passing minute. We are constantly surrounded with different media images and messages. Within one hour of television viewing‚ we can be faced with more “images” than a man in pre-industrial

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    Over the years‚ hundreds of reality shows have been created as television networks advances‚ the popularity of reality TV increase. Many people like that reality TV shows were about real people with real life situations. In this article‚ “Getting Real With Reality TV‚” by Cynthia M Frisby‚ the associate professor of advertising at the University Of Missouri School Of Journalism Across Cultures. Wrote this article in 2003 and it appeared in the September 2004 issues of USA Today magazine. Frisby begins

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    Reality television has been around far longer than many give it credit. Many viewers forget about the very first reality television shows such as Big Brother‚ Survivor‚ and non-trashy versions of The Bachelor that displayed things such as alliance‚ friendship‚ and character development through the praises of its audience. Although newer shows have been accused of growing "trashier"; I feel that this change is actually only in response to the demand of its audience. Show popularity drops when the

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    Reality TV Reinforces Demeaning Social Stereotypes By Dara Andriani We can’t deny that television shows make a huge impact towards our society‚ our culture‚ and how we interact with other people surrounding us. There are many things that we can learn from watching television shows like ‘The Voice’‚ ‘American Idol’‚ ‘The Biggest Loser’‚ and so on. Shows like that really give you an idea about how all of us as a person can accomplish anything‚ but then how about those TV shows such as MTV’s ‘Jersey

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    Since the creation of reality television‚ people have been influenced for both the better and worse. Many professionals have invested their time and resources into finding out just how and why reality TV has had such a big impact on society and they have come up with many different perspectives on the matter. In the early stages of reality television‚ the whole premise was immediately scrutinized because it held an unconventional perspective on what the public knew to be reality. Authors Julia Anne

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    Abstract Reality TV shows is common spread TV program in foreign countries‚ as a result of modernity The Arabic civilization had adopted that type of program in order to keep pace with development. Those program are attracting viewer from all age category specially teenager (Arabs)‚ being live program taken from real life action‚ its show emotions and behavior of those who are involved. Star academy play a major role in influencing Arabs teenager‚ however they are the most susceptible audience. This

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    Reality TV vs. Real Life TV One of the main sources of news and entertainment is television. Every household has a television set in their home which the family consumes hours watching. Many reality TV shows are based on shallow and vague values. The growing trend in television now for our culture is “REALITY TV” (real life on TV). Just like the appeal to junk food or the internet reality TV has a dominant effect on our children and us as adults. There is real life and there is TV-life under influence

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    Alyssa AP English‚ 3rd period 16 October‚ 2013 “Are Reality Shows Worse Than Other TV? In “At Least It’s Not Snobby” By Tracie Egan Morrissey‚ she brings up the fact that many people joke about reality television‚ and even call it “trash.” Reality TV may show some of the worse sides of the world‚ but those sides do exist‚ and whether people admit it or not‚ it is amusing to watch. Reality TV teaches lessons without anyone even realizing it. It shows the world different morals. Things that used

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