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    Mind: Reality TV Is Reality TV good for us? This may be a question a person might ask themselves if they were one of the millions people who checked in with Joe Millionaire in the fall of 2003 on Fox. "Why Reality TV Is Good For Us"‚ this article was written by James Poniewozik in TIME magazine in 2003. Poniewozik goes to talk about how reality TV is good for all of us‚ "that viewers can empathize with Tony Soprano without wanting to be him" (Poniewozik 471). Wrong‚ most people look at TV and dream

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    Since the creation of reality television‚ people have been influenced for both the better and worse. Many professionals have invested their time and resources into finding out just how and why reality TV has had such a big impact on society and they have come up with many different perspectives on the matter. In the early stages of reality television‚ the whole premise was immediately scrutinized because it held an unconventional perspective on what the public knew to be reality. Authors Julia Anne

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    Over the years‚ hundreds of reality shows have been created as television networks advances‚ the popularity of reality TV increase. Many people like that reality TV shows were about real people with real life situations. In this article‚ “Getting Real With Reality TV‚” by Cynthia M Frisby‚ the associate professor of advertising at the University Of Missouri School Of Journalism Across Cultures. Wrote this article in 2003 and it appeared in the September 2004 issues of USA Today magazine. Frisby begins

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    What impact does Reality TV have on its viewers? Cynthia M. Frisby an associate professor of advertising at the University of Missouri School of Journalism‚ Columbia‚ and coeditor of Journalism Across Cultures. Answers the question in “Getting Real with Reality TV” on September 2004 in USA Today magazine. Cynthia M. Frisby validated the appeal of Reality TV to viewers. Television networks are providing more dramatic‚ hilarious‚ and shocking content. Based on what is socially acceptable‚ and entertaining

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    I chose to watch PBS to view a Kids show; partly because as a college student I have limited income and can’t afford cable‚ and partly because I grew up watching the channel. I found website that had live streaming of certain cable network shows. When I first signed up and began watching‚ the end of Sesame Street was on. I watched on a few minutes of the show and continued watching the channel through the next show. The show that followed‚ which I watched in full‚ was Angelina Ballerina: Next

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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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    could possibly be restored at another network. It is already known to everyone that Disney Channel’s audience is almost the kids and the young teens of this generation. The network states that they need to keep a certain reputation of their shows. This is so‚ since ‘Girl Meets World’ is already on its third season‚ with Maya and Riley growing up all the way.

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    comedy series‚ Modern Family‚ is a show full of life lessons and hidden meanings. Most television shows nowadays are all about sex‚ alcohol‚ and the dramas that occur because of them. Modern Family is not an exception‚ however it focuses more on the family aspect of life’s many dramas. On the surface‚ it is similar to the sex and drugs filled television shows that consume the media these days‚ but underneath that surface each episode has a moral to be learned‚ and the show overall represents many different

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    that TV shows like ‘16 and pregnant’ encourage teenage girls to start their own family at a young age. Where this agreement usually ends however‚ is on the question of rather TV show ’16 and pregnant’ have helped teenage girls from getting pregnant at a young age. Whereas some are convinced that the show has reduced teenage pregnancy rates‚ others maintain that the show is not something teenagers should be watching because of the influence the show gives teens. Anyone familiar with the TV show ’16

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    Though this may be the case‚ I find myself a bit more motivated when these mathematical figures be actually applied in real life. I think I learn more when I see Math’s importance and essence in the ropes of everyday living. Now‚ here comes Numb3rs‚ a show that believes that everything is indeed‚ numbers. Though ambitious in the making‚ I let myself be excited over how everything would turn out. I was actually impressed with how they applied the concepts of limits‚ probability and conic sections into

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