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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What are reality TV shows? Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations‚ documents actual events‚ and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors‚ sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded. Reality television began in 1948 with a TV series named Candid Camera. The genre exploded as a phenomenon around 1999–2000 with the success of such television series as Big Brother and Survivor. Programs
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head dolls‚ shirts‚ water bottles‚ and even a book titled “Gym‚ Tanning‚ Laundry: The Official Jersey Shore Quote Book.” (“Jersey Shore”) So where did this idea of reality TV come from? How many kinds of different reality TV are out there and why is this is overwhelmingly popular? Topic 1: What is reality TV? Reality TV is any unscripted program that shows real people‚ not actors or athletes in a specific environment. Characters are real people Not filmed on a set but natural living
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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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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). Most young teenagers feel as if conception will never come from their scandalous deeds but‚ in fact‚ it happens more often than what we think. What is causing teenagers to experiment in
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time people between the ages of 8 and 18 spend on the Internet every day is about seven and a half hours and some people even more(“If your kidspar. 2). With the amount of time people spend on the Internet‚ it makes people wonder whether or not we can even go one day without it. Internet addiction can be compared to many other customs of addiction‚ but it is becoming more noticeable as our world evolves into an advanced era of technology. The people who think this is a problem is concerned parents
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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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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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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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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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