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    162 T Th 8-9:15 Real But Not Really: The Reality TV Genre When Philo T. Farnsworth invented the electric television‚ he probably did not think that it would be used to show people eating bugs‚ finding husbands based on votes of viewers‚ or living on deserted islands. But that is exactly what you can see any given night on television now. This newest form of television programming fad is the reality television genre. Reality television is now on every station‚ every

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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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    All most everyone watches reality television with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement. Some people watch violent gladiators fight in an arena .There is really no difference besides death and gore. They both have a lot in common and there both fun to watch. The shows that some people watch is very intense and it is interesting. The gladiators are like the people who yell or do things to effect other people. In the article Real-Life fight to the death by Scope said that “there is nothing so ruinous

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    Reality Television and how it can influence the behavior of youth and teens There is no doubt that when it comes to American youth television is one of the biggest influences by far. Many parents would love to say that their child does not watch that much TV but in reality they are spending a lot of time watching television or using media in some way. “The study by the Kaiser Family foundation shows that children ages 2-8 spend an average of 5 ½ hours a day “consuming media” kids 8 and older

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    these programs are reality TV shows which have some negative effects. These effects may include: Setting bad examples on people especially children‚ females can be influenced by some of the characters on reality TV‚ and people may get hooked on it. There are so many TV programs related to reality that sets a bad example on people especially children. One effect may be that children tend to pick up acts that they see on television. According to the reading Reality TV Shows Encourage Immoral Behavior

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    Bello Adria Bello Period 1 12 English Mrs. Miller Has Reality TV Overrun Television? Thirteen years ago‚ the most popular television shows were Frasier‚ Friends‚ and E.R: fun loving sitcoms. The top rating shows currently on primetime television are American Idol and The Voice: reality shows (Fahner‚ par. 3). Television has become overrun by reality television‚ pushing sitcoms and other programs to the side. Reality television is infamous for its questionable depictions of life‚ and it

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    O’KloclTuesday‚ September 30‚ 2014 Reading Response 4 Reality TV: Surprising Throwback to The Past In the reading "Reality TV: Surprising Throwback to The Past"‚ Patricia Cohen reports a woman whose name is Lisa Shannon‚ wants to find a kind man to be her husband by a dating TV show. The shows lets a twenty-five-year-old woman to marry a man‚ and if they stay married for a year‚ they would receive an one-million check. Critics figures this show a disgrace for the marriage‚ as obviously some may go

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    Cloud‚ Dana. "The Irony Bribe and Reality Television: Investment and Detachment in the Bachelor." Critical Studies in Media Communication‚ vol. 27‚ no. 5‚ Dec. 2010‚ pp. 413-437. EBSCOhost Dana Cloud is a professor‚ author‚ and activist. At the University of Syracuse‚ she teaches communication studies. Cloud is most recognized for the phrase “rhetoric of therapy” in her book Control and Consolation in American Culture and Politics: Rhetoric of Therapy. Not only is Cloud an author of several books

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    conflict and emotion this experiment would turn out to be one of the most watched reality television shows of all time. In an interview in 2001 DR. Zimbaro said‚ “The study is now more in the popular consciousness than it has ever been before. Attributing part of the recent surge in interest to reality TV shows such as Survivor and Big Brother. It represents a forerunner of reality TV." The characters in some reality shows go through difficult situations and face many kinds of problems. As more conflicts

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    create emotions in people unlike any other and these emotions help bring people together. Reading novels enhances both our understandings and feelings of belonging in society. Escapism is when a person turns to something more enjoyable and more pleasurable to get away from the harsh realities of the real world. Escapism is natural and healthy‚ allowing people not to be immersed in a world of depression. Krystal (2012) believes that fans of the fantasy

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