In today’s society, reality TV shows have become the most popular and viewed genre on television. Reality shows are based on people’s real life situations that people shows to the audience. People in the world are more interested in watching reality shows versus scripted shows, unless the script show is very eye catching. Cynthia M. Frisby, is an associate professor of advertising at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, and coeditor of Journalism across Cultures. Frisby wrote an article entitled, “Getting Real with Reality TV” which talks about statistics and her thoughts on reality shows in general. Frisby also talks more about the different categories in reality genre and gives examples on some shows about reality.
