Reality

the bad influence that reality tv shows like “Bad Girls Club”, little children and young adults are still going to watch it. It’s a lot of action and drama that it shows. Even though it’s some good shows like Hell’s kitchen with children under the age of 15 on their cooking, It’s still some children that will not watch it due to the fact that it’s a cooking show. Some children would rather watch the bad influenced shows. In addition Bastiani Archibald stated that reality tv more frequently…

around four to five minutes breaks of commercials we encounter. Most of these commercials are about new reality shows. If they are not about new upcoming ones, there are the dates for when the current ones would make a comeback. Reality television has been around since the 1940s (Slocum). The shows that were on years ago were a lot less vulgar, then what we are used to today. Too me, it seems that reality T.V. continues to go down the wrong path. Yet, some still think that there are some…

Reality TV has been around since the late 1940’s when Allen Funt headlined a show called Candid Camera. This was followed in 1950 with a show named Truth or Consequences. The 1970’s had programs called Real People and That’s Incredible. These shows were, for the most part, considered wholesome entertainment that the entire family could watch and were quite tame in comparison to what is on television today. Reality TV exploded in the 2000’s and it remains one of the most popular genres in…

“survivor” has seen massive growth and global recognition for 14 years (2000-till date). It has remained one of the leading series in reality television. Its growth and expansion has allowed lots of spin-offs around the world which includes countries such as the UK, Philippines, Australia, South Africa and so on. Jordan (2014) argued that the worldwide proliferation of reality television is a product of the increasing concentration of ownership in the television industry, the globalization of…

I remember a time where virtual reality didn 't exist and the most we had was 3D, a time when people drove themselves. A time where I taught myself how to rollerblade, and with a fearless attitude I felt the world was mine to conquer. The energetic and skirmish seven year old child in me was always coming up with new and better ways to defy the odds and break barriers. At the time, I lived in a small blue house located at the bottom of a slope on the corner of Texas Street and Madison Avenue in…

An article published by The Daily Nebraskan, states, “Essentially, reality shows have become non-reality. They are supposed to be representations of real life, but what is presented is something that is so ridiculous and extreme that it becomes a show which seems so unreal in its representations.” Many shows nowadays such as Toddlers…

truman's life in his fake reality he discovers many lies about his world. Truman wanted to explore the world as a child. He wanted to discover the world unknowingly that he was held by a cooperation for a daily movie or tv show in the fake world that he lives in. He wanted to fly to a place for vacation only to realize that “He who controls the past, controls the future.” Many of the people in Truman's world are actors apart of the movie and have seen what reality is. Truman's dream of…

The Gamemakers’ Violence in Reality TV The Gamemakers of The Hunger Games have one job, and it’s to keep the Games bloody and gory, which ties directly to the theme of violence in reality TV because they are the perpetrators of such violence. The people of the capitol celebrate the games, constantly bet money on who will win, and send gifts as sponsors to their favorite tributes. Violent twists in the games keep the outcome unpredictable and keep those watching interested to the very end. To…

The Technological Medium and Reality Programming Right now, as I speak, there is a world full of people binge watching their favorite reality television shows, tuning into season premieres, and setting their DVR so they can watch their shows after the reality of real life. It is important to note, these actions are done through a variety of different technological mediums: the television, tablet, cell phone, and laptop. However, on a global scale, the television is used as a primary medium of…

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 American culture is part of reality television and that…