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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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    (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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    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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    Reality Television Stereotypes James A. Forbes once said‚ “When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes‚ rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the heart‚ mind and spirit‚ their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.” Over time‚ our generation has watched reality television develop into one of the most sumptuous prodigies of our time. From “Bad Girls Club” to “Basketball Wives” reality television has maneuvered itself into our everyday infrastructures

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    Summary and Response The article Reality Television: Oxymoron by George F. Will describes how television works and how it has changed over the years. He explains how television shows are now mostly imitations‚ they create shows off other shows with a somewhat more interesting twist making viewers more interested in watching. According to George F. Will‚ people are becoming "desensitized". Since people are becoming less easily shocked or amazed‚ television shows now are increasing the amount of degradation

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    Reality Television It’s Sunday night‚ the work is done and you are ready to sit down and relax. You walk down the stairs‚ make some popcorn‚ cuddle up on the couch‚ and flip on your favorite reality television show. On that Sunday evening you will not only have one reality show to choose from but many because reality television is becoming commonplace. These shows range from competitions to find your future spouse to episodes documenting the life of celebrities. What each show has in common

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    School of Communication and Creative Arts Department of Communication and Media Studies Bachelor of Communication ( Hons ) Prepared to | : | Ms. Christable Karunanayaka | | | | Prepared by | : | Wilson Siew Wei Sern ‚ 47030 | | | Lee Shen May‚ Jolynn ‚ 57233 | | | Chong Chun Hoong ‚ 57424 | | | Kevin Chan Wei Siong‚ 58178 | Subject Name | : | Consumer Behavior | | | | Subject Code | : | MBMM 004 | | | | Title | : | Consumer Buying Process and Making Behavior

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    Ryan E Curry Sr Ms Wright Eng 103 Mar 31 2013 Types of dogs There are over 150 types of dogs and they all provide a variety of services Dogs have been man’s best friend for centuries. Each dog has its own unique characteristics like size appearance‚ temperament health‚ grooming requirements‚ etc. . . .Each type of dogs have a history of origin and lineage. There are many groups of dogs that have served mankind for many years such as the herding‚ hound

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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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    Kenneth Nevling Professor Whitworth ENG 114: First draft- Reality TV 07 November‚ 2010 Reality TV and It’s Effect on Society A reality TV show stars a non-celebrity or a volunteer who wants to participate in the program. The core role is to see what their reactions in certain scenarios are‚ and how they face given situations. The audience feels like they have a connection with the show’s stars as they feel that they are real and normal people representing them. Viewers are then entertained

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