Why is reality TV such a popular genre that is watched by many? It is quite simple because it shows regular people in the cast and the public and the viewers can relate to them. “The fact that…the ‘characters’ on the show are selected from ‘ordinary’ life is a key part of this appeal” (Maasik and Solomon 228). The “characters” are not celebrities but just average people around the nation cast by the producers. The personal‚ emotional‚ and physical characteristics of these people’s lives are televised
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TV is educational Today is appearing more and more variable modern gadgets. Television is one of them. However‚ TV leads to lots of arguments. Some people think that it is really useful stuff which has lots of advantages. Others think that it is just a wasting of time. Obviously‚ the most important question is should children be allowed to watch TV if it has a harmful effect on them. Albeit the majority of people consider that TV is educational. Personally‚ I believe that TV is educational. Firstly
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Some parents believe that watching television is bad for their children. So‚ they try to restrict their children from watching TV. However‚ other parents think that there is nothing bad in watching TV. Personally‚ I think that watching TV brings children only benefits unless they spend in front of TV set less then a couple of hours daily. For the following reasons‚ which I will mention bellow‚ I believe that television plays an essential role in child’s development. First of all‚ television helps
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TV Isn’t Violent Enough In the short story “T.V. isn’t Violent enough‚” author Mike Oppenheim humorously defends the idea that TV shows and movies are simply not violent enough. Oppenheim begins by introducing to readers his love for medicine and aspirations of being a doctor since being a teenager. In the story the doctor explains that the human body can’t react to certain traumas as directors and special effects show on television. He defends this claim by using an example of an daytime killer
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The popularity of reality TV shouldn’t come as a surprise considering the fact that we live in a culture that worships vanity‚ rather than virtue. So here is the true reality behind reality TV. Reality TV‚ which is in the business of making us feel good rather than be good‚ actually contributes to the growing problems in our society by celebrating human weakness rather than human excellence. Reality TV doesn’t empower us‚ but rather overpowers us by taking our innate power and inner knowing and
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occurring in season 1‚ episode 1. Other factors that subliminally affect our lives are ethics and doing drugs. If you really think about it‚ life itself is an ethic. How do people choose whether or not to start another life? Looking at the reality TV show‚ 16 and Pregnant‚ we can see how the young men and women at the ripe age of sixteen have to make a choice that will affect them the rest of their lives. A huge decision at such a young age really makes you grow and learn as a person fast. Even
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All TV stations are displaying different forms of commercial and political shows with different messages. These messages are usually trying to attack our minds to summarize those ideas to the viewers. In my opinion with basis of my psychographic profile‚ the most appealing TV programme is National Geographic. This programme is very remarkable as it tries to invite viewers to live curious. The programme is bounded with questions of what we know‚ how we view the world‚ and what drives us forward. These
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Reality TV vs. Real Life TV One of the main sources of news and entertainment is television. Every household has a television set in their home which the family consumes hours watching. Many reality TV shows are based on shallow and vague values. The growing trend in television now for our culture is “REALITY TV” (real life on TV). Just like the appeal to junk food or the internet reality TV has a dominant effect on our children and us as adults. There is real life and there is TV-life under influence
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Reality Television It’s Sunday night‚ the work is done and you are ready to sit down and relax. You walk down the stairs‚ make some popcorn‚ cuddle up on the couch‚ and flip on your favorite reality television show. On that Sunday evening you will not only have one reality show to choose from but many because reality television is becoming commonplace. These shows range from competitions to find your future spouse to episodes documenting the life of celebrities. What each show has in common
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hours a week do you think you spend watching television? According to a study done by the A.C. Neilson Company‚ the average American spends four hours watching television (“Television”). Generally‚ children watch even more than four hours a week (“How TV Affects Your Child”). Watching this much television can have serious impacts on a child’s health and development (“Colina”). It also shows a lot of things that most people would not consider being appropriate for children. Another problem that arises
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