Reality TV: Unveiling the Curtain The concept of reality TV is not new. In fact‚ the first reality TV show aired in 1948‚ ’Candid Camera’. Reality TV provides its viewers with variety‚ which in turn gives the channel what it wants- revenue. Shows such as "Survivor"‚ "American Idol" and "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" are perfect representatives of reality TV. The younger generations look up to the people in these shows and their number of followers keeps increasing. The stars in these shows gain
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Reality TV Once upon a time god looked upon the hollow nothingness beside him and decided to create life. First there was light‚ then there was earth‚ upon the earth he placed his creations - men and women. He called the first of them Adam and Eve. One day when Adam and Eve where running around naked in paradise they got bored and decided to build a soft comfortable object to sit on. They called this a sofa. When god saw the sofa he decided he liked it so much that he created a little box and placed
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"The real" in reality programming is a highly flexible concept. Rather than solely relying upon the use of actual documentary or "live" footage for its credibility‚ reality programming often draws upon a mix of acting‚ news footage‚ interviews and re-creations in a highly simulated pretense towards the "real." Admittedly‚ mainstream television news is also involved in the recreation of reality‚ rather than simply recording actual events. And yet‚ "reality" is dramatized on reality programming to
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Reality TV Programs are Not Really Real Introduction Imagine this. A producer came to you and said: “Hi‚ I would love for you to be in a reality TV program.” So you asked what it means to be in a reality TV program. He’d answer with “all you need to do is act normally. Just do what you normally would do‚ but the exception that a camera crew will be following you around.” You agreed‚ and the camera men‚ producer‚ director and writer started following you around. And when they’re filming you
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1 Ashley Dalcourt Professor Theus English 102 Sec 07 15 July 2013 Reality TV is a television program that presents unscripted situations and documents actual events. Widely ridiculed as entertaining some shows are celebrity based while other bring on non-celebrities and offer them a chance to be on television. In our culture‚ reality television has become extremely obsessive and demanding. Within recent years reality television has faced several problems‚ including being accused of having premeditated
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genre of television called reality TV. This exhausted genre of television has taken a new approach to attempt to show outrageous and extreme scenarios to keep a grasp on its’ viewers. Rather than providing true entertainment‚ there reality TV shows often display a talentless‚ annoying cast. As well as fill their shows with product placement; allowing the cast members to get wealthy off of endorsement products and become living advertisement. In Salman Rushdie’s essay “Reality TV: A Dearth of Talent and
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Reality TV Response There is social value in the show Little People‚ Big World. There is value in the way that the family overcomes their disabilities and works toward their goals. As we saw in the first episode Matt‚ the father‚ has worked at his own business‚ which helps people with dwarfism‚ to get it to a point where he can make a significant amount of money from it. He started the business with the hope of just making extra side money not knowing where it would take him‚ but it grew to a
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in TV Talent Shows? With Reality Shows becoming the current flavor of television‚ channels are busy with different kinds of talent shows. Some hold that the shows will prepare the students for the profitable entertainment circle. Others believe that taking part in TV talent shows can relieve the unemployment burden in a society full of increasingly fierce competitions. It is true that work prospect is becoming pessimistic for university graduates. In this case‚ taking part in TV talent shows is
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Popularity of Reality Shows Cause and effect essay Television tends to influence people’s life more than they actually think. Some television shows appear to be “real” ‚such as soap operas and daytime dramas‚ altering the viewers’ perception of reality by making them blend in fantasy and fiction‚ but one kind of show has taken over the public attention in the past decade‚ the reality shows. Reality television is overtaking the networks and polluting the viewers’ minds with distorted pictures
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