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Celebrities live in an entirely different world and they summon people’s yearnings to love, admire, copy, and gossip. The public sense a feeling of friendship by the familiar faces we see. The more a person sees certain faces, the more a person’s brain enjoys it. Furthermore, it does not matter if the face is attractive or not, it is known as “the exposure effect.” Individuals have a fixation with status. There are definite human traits that are universally recognized as beautiful such as…

America’s Next Top Model has been one of the most popular reality television shows since 2003. The show is currently shown on TV all around the world (in more than 160 countries and regions), some other countries including Australia, China, Canada and United Kingdom even have their own version of the Top Model. It is almost impossible to ignore the popularity of the show. Not only people from the fashion industry but also the general public are loyal fans of the show. Regardless of the fact…

Despite being developed more than 400 years apart, Scott Disick from "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" and Mercutio from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are both epitomes of the reality TV archetype the "Reckless, Wild Child." The purpose of this archetype is to entertain the audience using comical and dramatic elements while bringing out the good qualities of other characters. A reality TV audience does not want to deeply analyze what it watches - it wants a comfortably predictable,…

to hierarchies. The top-level of the hierarchy appears after the last (‘.’) in the domain name. The top-level domain name is .COM. The .COM indicates a domain name that is owned by a commercial enterprise, and is the most common top-level domain name. Other popular top-level domain names are .ORG (for non-profit organizations), .EDU (for educational institutions), .GOV (for government entities), and .NET (for network and Internet related organizations). In addition to the top-level domain…

Reality television, as the name suggests, offers viewers a multitude of programs ranging from wilderness survival to a multitude of attractive woman vying for the attention and marriage of a singular man to the everyday lives of a family. These shows aim to provide entertainment to audiences, giving them insider access to the apparently unscripted events and relationships of the contestants. While filmed and edited to appear as if everything occurred naturally, without directing and prompting,…

Reality Television is usually defined as a television program in which real people are continuously filmed. Reality television is designed to be entertaining rather than informative. Today, many children across the globe are exposed to reality television and a lot of the negative influences that come with it. The research question I am trying to answer is whether reality television is skewing the minds of children and causing them to think that reality television portrays the true values of…

As I knowingly inspect the world I live in, that is the world I believe to be true, occasionally I question whether or not what society tells me about my life holds any legitimate truth. It’s unfathomable to imagine that my world isn’t real; considering the thought of the government or someone of higher power manipulating me to believe their perjury is unnerving. I generally shut these thoughts down as they rush through me, making them leave as fast as I let them come in, for it is too…

Nellyonthego1on1 - From Miss Rhode Island USA to Reality Star Villain… How did those two worlds collide? Claudia Jordan – The only reason I look like the villain is because I hold people accountable, and if holding people accountable makes me a villain, then call me the villain. On the Next 15, I’m trying to put together a talk show, and I’m dealing with grown folks who don’t want to do any work. I asked all of my fellow cast members what role did they want to play and of course since the…

Reality Television, Photoshopping, and Government Guidelines Guidelines and regulations regarding photoshop in advertising and the contents of reality television are both uncertain and weak. In the articles “The Collective Conscience Of Reality Television” by Serena Elavia and “In Our Photoshopping Disorder” by Erin Cunningham, both authors discuss how in today's media the lack of restrictions cause a false sense of reality. Elavia, a reporter for Fox Business Network, mentions in her article…

According to many psychologists, the more you laugh, the longer you live. That’s why many people tune in to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to live a little longer. In the last few years, political satire outlets’ audiences have risen tremendously. Political satire is playing a bigger role in society every day. According to Merriam Webster, satire is a way of using humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society. In this essay, I will analyze The Late Show…