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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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    Reality Tv shows effects Have you heard about the multi million dollar Empire?... Well this empire is known as The Kardashians. As you know this family is always on top of the fashion world and well aware of how public will view them as it’s the most important thing for us is to look fancy that’s how it is these days you should be and the most important thing is how you look and appear to the public because you will gain more respect depending on which brand you are wearing‚ and this show

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    the positive and negative sides of reality TV. Psychiatrist Randy Dellosa and reality TV host Paolo Abrera (of ?Hired?) were in the panel as well. Reality television‚ as defined by Wikipedia‚ is ?a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations‚ documents actual events‚ and features ordinary people instead of professional actors. Such shows frequently portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality‚ with participants put in exotic locations

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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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    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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    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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