Reality TV: Deception of the Masses? Introduction: Reality television is a huge part of television-viewing culture today. Having roots in American television‚ the genre of reality TV only soared in the early 2000s following the large success of shows such as Big Brother and Survivor. In 2007-2008‚ reality TV programming in America captured 77 percent of the total audience watching the top 10 programmes alone (nielsonwire‚ 2011). As the name implies‚ it is a genre of television program that
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One of the most cliche statements that has ever been said is “People that you are surrounded with will make a big influence on you.” People always have a big influence on things especially other people. This connection is relevant to the characters in Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff. The main character‚ LaVaughn is a young teen‚ whose mom is always on her back about having a good future and going to college. Which is completely opposite to Jolly‚ who is a teen mom with two kids and is learning
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Mario Henriquez Pd.7 AP. Language Ms. Fanjoy Argument “Cold” Essay Rewrite “So why do we keep on watching [Television]?” challenges Barbara Ehrenreich in‚ The Worst Years of Our Lives. Ehrenreich alleges that television “has transformed the American people into root vegetables” (2-3). Television as we know it is a way to escape the troubles of the real world and enter into a sense of fantasy. People sit for hours watching television which is harmful and may brainwash people to believe what
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statement? Watching television is bad for children. Use specific details and examples to support your answer. I strongly disagree with the statement that watching television is bad for the children. Watching news on the television‚ listening stories and some appropriate movies help them to improve their knowledge and skills not only related to our culture or nation but also other part of the world. Admittedly‚ some offensive movies are might not good for children but in many nations they have fixed
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Television is a cultural reference point for most of us‚ a type of shorthand that makes it easy to carry on a conversation. Columnist Ellen Goodman wrote that to those born since the baby boom of the late ‘40s‚ “All history begins with television.” We compare ourselves to those on TV; we change how we dress and cut our hair and talk based on the latest television trend. Viewers pick up catch phrases and turn them into side-splitting party parodies that in turn become part of our culture. For decades
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By watching TV dramas‚ one can observe that there are more roles of men than women. There are more male news reporters and film directors than women. Even in children’s cartoons‚ the majority of them are male. There are a few women such as Sigourney Weaver that play heroic roles as in the TV show‚ Aliens. In this television show‚ men tend to be shown as being more dominant‚ more violent and more powerful than women. They drive‚ drink and smoke more. They also do athletic things‚ and make more plans
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and one is counterproductive. There is good and bad in everything‚ and everything is good in moderation‚ but counterproductive TV is taking over productive TV. The time slots to watch educational reality shows are generally later in the evening. It is almost as if TV is trying to "dumb down" America. Non-educational Reality Television "Noneducational" reality TV includes shows like Keeping Up With The Kardashians‚ Teen Pregnancy‚ and My Sweet Sixteen. These prime time shows target youth‚
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References: Adubato‚ Steve (2007) Reality TV Leaves Out Reality of Plastic Surgery‚ Retrieved August 22‚ 2010 www.msnbc.com Hoffman‚ Claire‚ Los Angeles Times (2006) Baby‚ Give me a Kiss‚ retrieved August 22‚ 2010 articles.latimes.com Jagodozinki‚ J. (2003). The perversity of (Real)ity TV: A symptom of our times. O’Guinn‚ Thomas C. & Shrum‚ L. J. (1997). The Role of Television in the Construction of Consumer
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