Assignment: Summary of Article “Reality TV‚ Faking It‚ and the Transformation of Personal Identity” In the article‚ “Reality TV‚ Faking It‚ and the Transformation of Personal Identity‚” Joanne Morreale writes about reality shows are remakes of older shows and effect their audience’s perception alter the audience’s reality. She describes a reality show called Faking It‚ which is a show that transforms a person from one career to another one. Faking It was a Europe based show that was shown in the
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It’s safe to assume that when people think of reality TV they don’t think of scripts and writers to be a part of the show‚ as it is all happening in real time and all of the 30 action packed minutes is unedited bits. But that is far from the truth as David Rupel states that‚ “if you watch every second of someone’s life‚ the majority of it is quite boring.” Just imagine watching Keeping up with the Kardashian and watching every single minute of their lives‚ sooner or later it’s bound to get boring
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Does Reality TV Affect People in a Positive Way? Have you ever watched a reality television show? Reality TV has become widely known to many people over the years. In the 1940s‚ there were only 2 reality TV shows aired‚ and in 2010 there were more than 300 (Ocasio 1)! Reality TV is divided into the following categories: game or elimination‚ talent‚ talk‚ makeover‚ documentary‚ or spoofs (Thomas 1). It is controversial that reality TV has an influence on the way people act. Some may think it is a
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Values and Reality Television 1 Values Portrayed on Reality Television Programs Wendy Cubos ENG122 Professor Jaden H. Klein August 27‚ 2010 Values and Reality Television 2 Reality Television and Values Portrayed Reality based‚ non-scripted television shows have gained popularity over the last Few years. They can be seen on a global scale. Due to this gain in popularity‚ concerns have emerged about the values that are being portrayed on these shows‚ particularly
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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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Authenticity of Reality TV Saturday night‚ you have nothing to do so you turn on the TV‚ and the first show it displays is Man V.S. Wild. You wonder whether or not this show is true in its content‚ because the host could be getting some support behind the scenes. Reality TV is not truly authentic because the word “reality” has been trivialized‚ the content in the shows are often times distorted‚ and the advertisement for the shows portray only insignificant scenes. “Reality” in reality TV has morphed
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How Real is Reality TV? In the novel The Hunger Games‚ many aspects relate to reality TV. Through the Gamemakers and‚ in television producers the truth is altered. The line separating fact and fiction is truly blurred. The producers do their job so well that it leaves the audience questioning every move on the show. They wonder “where is the real in reality TV?” The answer is that due to their mixed genre and producer editing there is not any. Reality TV is not just one genre‚ but a mix of two
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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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The Rise of the Ordinary According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ reality television can be defined as “television programs in which real people are continuously filmed‚ designed to be entertaining rather than informative.” (Oxford). This genre first made an appearance in television rankings back in 2000. By 2007-2008 it captured 77 percent of the total audiences (Nielsen). Reality Television started in the early 1970’s with shows like An American Family and Candid Camera. From then‚ different authors
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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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