In “The Distorting Mirror of Reality TV” written by Sarah Coleman‚ says that the producers have a distorting mirror to us as viewers. All producers distort all stereotypes and want the viewers to know what life is really like because of human diversity. Coleman states that the producers choose particular contestants‚ and the producers are making the chosen contestants are playing particular characters that the producers want them to be Coleman states “For ethnic minorities‚ old people‚ the unbeautiful
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The effects of Reality TV Although reality TV is fascinating and full of drama‚ it still has an enormous effect on today’s youth. Throughout the years reality TV has become popular and it has attracted different age groups. But one group that reality TV attracts would be teens. Now I am not talking about all teens‚ but some teens do look at the actions of the television stars and think what they’re doing is “amazing”. When teenagers watch reality shows it opens their eyes to a lot of sex‚ vulgar
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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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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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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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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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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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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). 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
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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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