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A) When Reality TV Gets To Real By Victor Weimar Gade Summary of When Reality TV Gets Too Real by Jeremy W. Peters In the text When Reality TV Gets Too Real, Jeremy W. Peters discuss the ethics in not intervening in possibly unsafe situations happening on reality television. He lists up quite a few incidents, about the immoral actions and various crimes that have been taking place in different Reality programs. Some of the vaster crimes shown in the episodes are drunk driving, which have been…

The irony in reality television is that often what it represents in its programming is completely opposite to reality. Fabricated drama and larger than life personalities give us what we want in our lives, not reflecting what is our “real life”. Mike Wilson’s article ‘Life’s too short for reality TV’ appearing in ‘The Age’ on the 8th of July 2011 contends that reality television by nature is completely oppositional to what its name suggests. Wilson employs a sarcastic, contemplative and at times…

have to sit and talk with their teenagers . Reality Tv really reveals inappropriate behavior within your peer groups because it sometimes cause drama between you and your friends for example, the women on bad girls club they turn out to be friends and next thing you know they turn their back on each other just so that they can be famous and they do the most stupidest thing you’ll ever see , they have too much sex appeal in the reality…

Kruse (2010), argues that the imaginary is not created alone through the text of TV crime dramas, but is impacted by a viewer’s subjectivity, life experiences, educations, political views, and personal fantasies. Kruse maintains that TV dramas, such as CSI, tainted by the viewer specific position within society, may provide the viewer with the justification for their world view, cause them to reflect on their lives, position, or politics, or be nothing more than mere entertainment. In Kruse’s…

and Liability Claims against the Media: As you can imagine, several lawsuits have come about insults of reality television. For example, “Graves v. Warner Bros and Williams v. ABC, brought reality television network liability into the forefront of the media.” This case came about from ABC tv show The Jenny Jones Show. One of the cast members, Jonathon Schmitz shot and killed another cast member, Scott Amedure. After Schmitz was convicted of murder, in retaliations, Amedure’s parents filed suit…

There is a fine line when discussing if reality TV is ethical. The so-called actors in these shows, while they may be transcribing their true selves to the audience, they are also followed around by cameras constantly. While I don’t know about you, if I was followed around by cameras there is great chance I won’t be able to let loose and be myself, but perhaps I am just camera shy. So, when it comes to editing reality TV programs, is it ethical to focus on the sensation? I think yes. Along with…

Another negative influence should be emphasized here. Materialism stimulated by some reality shows threats adolescents’ concept of money，leading them to be greedy. Many reality TV shows have set up huge bonuses to encourage contestants. As a consequence, to get bonuses seems to be the only goal for them to participate in the programme. For example, the ultimate winner of Big Brother (a popular reality show in the UK) won a £70,000 prize in 2000, and Survivor ( an American reality show) arranged…

Reality television is a huge part of today’s society and has impacted teens in a negative way that has social and cultural ramifications. With reality TV being so popular, teens are getting exposed to things like partying, bullying, gossiping and sex appeal at a very young age these days. Today 's reality stars are appearing to be wilder and living on the edge more than older generations. Many big name stars in reality television are out there, from Keeping Up With the Kardashians to really…

These authors main point of this source was to see how celebrities and stars, such as reality television stars, impact the buying of their products. They showed and tested how people tend to buy products based on reality stars. They explain how television was a form of entertainment, but now we have come too far with mainstream promotions. They also talked about how reality stars can influence their audience’s perceptions of life and their morals and purchases in life. They explain how our…

When The Truman show was released back in 1998, who could have imagined what reality TV would be like in 2017? We’re talking nearly twenty years! Back then, it wasn’t really a big deal – they weren’t many reality TV shows at all! Though today, it seems like every time you switch on the TV there is at least one show that centres on the everyday lives of people. Whether it be The Bachelor/Bachelorette or The Real Housewives – the list just goes on and on, television today is simply flooded with…