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    TV shows that appear on primetime nowadays‚ usually are sitcoms or action/adventure. These types of shows appeal to many views out‚ old and young‚ and one of the best out is the sitcom‚ Black-ish on ABC. Black-ish is a very witty black comedy‚ shot in Pasadena‚ California & has a single camera setup. It was created by Kenya Barris and first aired on September 24‚ 2014 and since has received many views and continues strong on primetime. Starring Anthony Anderson as Andre Johnson and Tracee Ross as

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    Keeping Up with the Kardashians is a reality television show that has aired on E! for the past seven years. It has filmed eight seasons focusing on the lives of the Kardashian and Jenner families. The reality show focuses on both the private and professional lives of the Kardashian sisters Kourtney‚ Kim‚ and Khloe‚ with additional emphasis on their brother Robert‚ mother Kris‚ stepfather Bruce (Robert Kardashian passed away before the show aired and Kris got remarried to Bruce)‚ and half siblings

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    and plan their next vacation.The point is we still always tune in.Why is reality T.V. so popular? The history of reality television is actually not very long.In 1971 PBS decided to film a documentary called "An American family revisited".It was aired in 1973 and is widely considered to be the first reality television show.The internet was to follow the life of an American family.It was very much like that of today’s reality television

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    In the out-[Need a title?]of-class assignment “The Appeal of the Real: Why Reality Television is so Popular”‚ the author‚ an undergraduate in an academic writing class seeks to argue that reality television benefits both its participants and viewers more than it harms them. However‚ the academic writing is ineffective in conveying the arguments the author wishes to present. The essay presented by the author lacks characteristics of an Aristotelian[Truly Aristotle?] academic writing‚ The main source

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    Summary of Various Art Mediums If you’re like me‚ you like to have your hand in as many “pots” as possible. As I learn more and more about scrapbooking and different art forms‚ I’m discovering the vast world of art mediums. I never knew how much could be done within the realm of paper arts. In this article‚ I’ll give you the run-down of a few of the heavy hitters in the art mediums world and tell you a little about how each is used. Hopefully this will allow you to break away from your normal

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    Reality TV Reinforces Demeaning Social Stereotypes By Dara Andriani We can’t deny that television shows make a huge impact towards our society‚ our culture‚ and how we interact with other people surrounding us. There are many things that we can learn from watching television shows like ‘The Voice’‚ ‘American Idol’‚ ‘The Biggest Loser’‚ and so on. Shows like that really give you an idea about how all of us as a person can accomplish anything‚ but then how about those TV shows such as MTV’s ‘Jersey

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    Reality Shows: Their Effect on American Teens Martha Wallace ENG 122: English Composition II Professor Kathy Conner August 8‚ 2011 Reality Shows: Their Effect on American Teens The values of our forefathers for America have disappeared. Each year more and more of American children are judging themselves based upon the lives portrayed in popular media. Certain media in the music industry portrays the life of getting rich fast and having a lot of girls. Movies depict a life of fast cars‚

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    A Case Study on Reality Television and its impact By: Akanksha Jain 2013BBA005 Jagran Lakecity University‚ Bhopal Introduction Today for several people‚ television is one of the prime sources of information and entertainment. It is a door which takes you to a different world; a chance to see people‚ places‚ and things that one may not have experienced straight from the horse’s mouth. It is one powerful medium that both imitates and influences culture. In an increasingly global society‚ television

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    Love and hip-hop are a reality T.V. show‚ but it’s far from reality. This image that is shown has no positive effect on me‚ all I see are adults that act a certain way to attract a particular audience. The audiences that are usually entertained by this particular T.V. show are attracted to drama‚ can relate‚ have experienced this sort of behavior‚ or find it just eminently entertaining. This image depicts two women fighting over something that was said‚ both of them were offended and the end result

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    “It is no longer a question of a false representation of reality (ideology)‚ but of concealing the fact that the real is no longer real‚ and thus of saving the reality principle” Simulacra and Simulations‚ Baudrillard. If we follow the statement made by Baudrillard in ‘’Simulacra and Simulations’’‚ the Truman Show is not an ideological movie‚ in the sense that it does not give a false representation of reality but a far-more complex understanding of the relations between the real/the imaginary

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