Jennifer Barnhart Kirk Miller Comm 110 April 6th‚ 2006 The dangers of controversial television advertising "I do not care if I show your child something that you would not want them to see". This seems to be what some television advertising agencies are saying to us these days. We live in a society that seems to be progressing at a rate so fast that some parents wish technology would slow down. Television is a main source of entertainment for children and adults in this day and age. With so
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Manipulating Reality Surprisingly‚ reality TV lacks on one important factor that reality TV should incorporate‚ and that is reality. Many television programs full of high entertainment and creativity are full of lies and as well. Most television producers and directors edit conversations and persuade the stars to make certain decisions. Although there is no written script for the show‚ that doesn’t stop TV workers from altering reality. LifeTime’s popular reality TV program about the life of
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Writing 101 March 12‚ 2014 Defending TV In her essay “Television addiction‚” Marie Winn considers TV to be very addictive. She compares watching TV to taking drugs. She also never mentions any of its benefits. Television is one of the most important inventions of our time‚ and it certainly had benefited mankind. Watching TV causes no chemical substance addiction. Still‚ Winn thinks that‚ the level of addiction from excessive television viewing is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction. She
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What is a Reality Show? A television reality show features talent culled from the ranks of ’ordinary’ people‚ not professionally trained actors. Reality show producers typically shoot hundreds of hours of footage per episode and use creative editing to create a narrative thread. Subjects of a reality show may be given some rudimentary directions offscreen‚ but the point is to allow the performers to act and react as normally as possible. A reality show is not to be confused with a documentary‚ in
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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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the truth? Is it reality‚ sincerity‚ integrity? Is it accuracy and honesty? How can we tell the difference between the truth and lies? Why does the media have the power to decide for us what is true? As Oscar Wilde once said ’The truth is rarely pure and never simple’. This statement sums up the difficulties of telling the truth‚ and this is furthermore shown in Rob Sitch et al’s Frontline‚ Lies by Michael Leunig and the poem Nothing to Report by May Herschel Clarke. The television show Frontline
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THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF TELEVISON (Violence in television programs and movies and its impact on children and families is not a new topic. Almost 30 years ago the U.S. Surgeon General warned Americans about the negative effect of television have on the emotions and behaviours of children.) I just want to continue viewing our standpoints regarding the negative effect it has on society Talkshows "Husband Sees Prostitute‚" "Mistress Meets Wife‚" "Girl Sleeps with Over 100 Men‚" "My Girlfriend is
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Reality TV: Deception of the Masses? Introduction: Reality television is a huge part of television-viewing culture today. Having roots in American television‚ the genre of reality TV only soared in the early 2000s following the large success of shows such as Big Brother and Survivor. In 2007-2008‚ reality TV programming in America captured 77 percent of the total audience watching the top 10 programmes alone (nielsonwire‚ 2011). As the name implies‚ it is a genre of television program that
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Everyone watches reality TV shows for the basic purpose of entertainment‚ right? There has been a controversial debate about whether or not entertainment‚ such as reality shows‚ will “ruin” society. Neal Gabler wrote a book titled Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality stating that yes‚ society will indeed ruin society and I agree with this statement. Most of the reality TV programs on the air promote bad behavior and untrue stereotypes. Skins is a reality show based mainly off of stereotypes
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Reality Shows “Competition improves things‚ burning away the dross and leaving the gold. This often works with commodities like cars but not with mass culture. There competition corrupts” (Will 290)‚ George F. Will‚ a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist make an avowal to reality shows. The varieties of television programs nowadays almost cover everything in our lives‚ and Americans seem particularly obsessed with the prosperous TV genre called “Reality Shows.” This type of shows aims to
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