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    The Bachelor and The Real Housewives have been taking the country by storm with the unscripted‚ outrageously unpredictable stories of ordinary people from around the country.Americans spend 33% of their free time watching television and 67% of the shows are reality television(Reality Television:a Shocking Statistic).The average American watches five hours of television a day‚ that means they spend three and a half hours a day watching reality television.This shows that reality television is affecting

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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

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    girls dont know is that the idea of barbie isnt perfect at all. According to the “Get real barbie campaign” If barbie were an actual woman: she would be 5’9‚ have a 39 inch bust‚ an 18 inch waist‚ 33 inch hips‚ and a size three of a shoe. Barbie would only weigh around 110 pounds and at 5’9 weighing only 110 lbs‚ she would have a BMI of 16.24 and be considered anorexic. Due to barbies proportions‚ if she was real she would have to walk on all fours. All of these facts allow you to see the view

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    NBC’s hit reality TV show that showcases fresh new singers all across the United States‚ The Voice‚ is back for its 9th season with coaches Adam Levine‚ Blake Shelton‚ Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams. E! Online reported that the season premiere last for two hours and it was all worth it because of the many amazing vocals that America just discovered this time. It started really great with a four-chair turner Mark Hood‚ 24‚ from Chicago and he is a son of a preacher man. Adam and Pharrell were

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    Reality TV Why is Reality Television (TV) so popular? What is it about shows in which they take normal people like you and me and put them on TV and expose every aspects of there lives. The personal‚ emotional‚ and physical characteristics of these people’s lives are broadcasted for millions of people to watch‚ as they compete to win a large sum of money. But in every show there are only one winner and the rest of the people going home usually empty handed. What is it that people find so entertaining

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    Robert H. Goddard said‚ “It is difficult to say what is impossible‚ for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow”. When we are in pre-school‚ we are asked what we want to be when we grow up. Our answers were things like an astronaut‚ doctor‚ veterinarian‚ and a rock star. These people were heroes to us‚ and they were what we dreamed to become. We dreamed of helping others‚ and we dreamed that we could be anything that we wanted to be. We were creative and imaginative

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    When Dreams and Reality Collide This one night I was lying in my bed and I had a terrible day. I was thinking about all the things that had happened that day and I just wished none of it ever did. I was starting to regret everything that happened that day. I thought maybe if I got some rest then maybe just maybe I would feel better and have a great day tomorrow. So that night I went to bed and I had this dream. The dream so one of the best things I have ever dreamed of. It was about me and this

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    This is one book which I have just finished reading. I don’t normally read biography‚ but came across the story while doing some random search on wikipedia (where one link can lead to another). I really got very interested in the true story of this young man who ended up dying in Alaska. I went to buy the book at Kinokuniya. In 1992‚ a young man by the name of Christopher McCandless from a well-to-do family in the US abandoned everything he possessed after graduating with honours from

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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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    have Autism and the athletes are living their life to the fullest that they can. Athletes are getting paid by the sponsors and organizations that help support them. Basically‚ if they’re wearing the sponsor’s name on their athletic gear then they get paid. Another

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