In the past twenty years, TV has become a new phenomenon. Sitcoms, Movies, Cooking, News, and more are what everyone seems to be watching. In the past decade a new genre of TV has come about, called Reality TV. It is like no other genre of television. Reality TV shows are a way of relieving yourself from your own life to enter someone else 's. Some are filled with luxurious houses that you could only dream of, some are filled with a more trashy, embarrassing families that we laugh at. No matter what genre of Reality TV you watch, there is some form of escapism from your boring day. As I interviewed a few different students at RHS I came to a conclusion that most people watch Reality TV whether they know it or not. Student, Becca Westbrook
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Food. He mentioned those were his favorite TV shows though he did not consider them Reality TV. What really is this so called Reality TV? “Television programs in which real people are continuously filmed, designed to be entertaining rather than informative(oxford)”. Television has become so fake that Sitcoms and Reality TV shows have become so similar you cannot tell a difference. If we do not know the difference between real and fake, has this affected American culture today? In the short essay Voting Democracy off the Island by Francine Prose gives an example of a reality based TV show called Average Joe, Melena a former NFL cheerleader is looking to find the right man. These average men desperately try to impress Melena. One night the average men line up in front of Melena for a “surprise.” Male models start walking through the door, as the average men watch Melena smile and blush at these male models, not only do these average men feel humiliated, their self esteem lowers drastically. This show is telling the viewers, young and old that it is ok to humiliate and bully people. Since Reality TV, bullying and cyberbullying have become a frequent …show more content…
As I thought about who my last interview should be with, I thought that if I interviewed an adult I could get a different view on this topic. I chose my Dad, Richard Bidding. As I asked him the last question, “Why has Reality TV became to popular?” He responded with, “ People find it fascinating to watch real individuals doing real life things, instead of watching people play characters in a fantasy sitcom world.” In the article Why America Loves Reality TV by Steven Reiss states, “Reality TV allows Americans to fantasize about gaining status through automatic fame. Ordinary people can watch the shows, see people like themselves and imagine that they too could become celebrities by being on television.” That is why people cannot get enough of Reality TV. People will never get enough of watching other normals people 's
Food. He mentioned those were his favorite TV shows though he did not consider them Reality TV. What really is this so called Reality TV? “Television programs in which real people are continuously filmed, designed to be entertaining rather than informative(oxford)”. Television has become so fake that Sitcoms and Reality TV shows have become so similar you cannot tell a difference. If we do not know the difference between real and fake, has this affected American culture today? In the short essay Voting Democracy off the Island by Francine Prose gives an example of a reality based TV show called Average Joe, Melena a former NFL cheerleader is looking to find the right man. These average men desperately try to impress Melena. One night the average men line up in front of Melena for a “surprise.” Male models start walking through the door, as the average men watch Melena smile and blush at these male models, not only do these average men feel humiliated, their self esteem lowers drastically. This show is telling the viewers, young and old that it is ok to humiliate and bully people. Since Reality TV, bullying and cyberbullying have become a frequent …show more content…
As I thought about who my last interview should be with, I thought that if I interviewed an adult I could get a different view on this topic. I chose my Dad, Richard Bidding. As I asked him the last question, “Why has Reality TV became to popular?” He responded with, “ People find it fascinating to watch real individuals doing real life things, instead of watching people play characters in a fantasy sitcom world.” In the article Why America Loves Reality TV by Steven Reiss states, “Reality TV allows Americans to fantasize about gaining status through automatic fame. Ordinary people can watch the shows, see people like themselves and imagine that they too could become celebrities by being on television.” That is why people cannot get enough of Reality TV. People will never get enough of watching other normals people 's