The Next Line

The world of television was once a way of entertainment for families to sit down and watch together as well as a way to be informed. Since then the definition of television has brought a change, especially in todays culture where entertainment now means watching reality shows peoples’ lives. The culture of television is focusing on reality television making it a huge part becoming the center of socialization. It is becoming clear that over time television is becoming a part of a social reality.…

be noticed and liked by others, and it can ruin friendships. The first way that celebrity culture is harmful is that it distracts everyone from major world problems. Everyone focus’ too much on what is happening in their show or what will happen next. This distracts people from actually paying attention to everything happening around them. For…

Have you ever wondered what TV does to children? Or to be more specific, the effects that Reality TV have on children. I have always wondered why my mom wouldn’t let me watch certain shows or movies and now I have a clearer understanding of why. “The Impact of Reality Shows on Children” written by Kevin Bliss was posted on LiveStrong.com and has a message to parents about their children and reality TV. They don’t support it nor do they reject it, they more or less tell you how to handle the…

What is the point of watching “Reality TV” when it’s not even considered reality? Why do several of us buy into the idea that reality TV resembles reality in any way, shape or form? There are countless questions about reality TV that we might never know the answer to. The producers of reality Tv shows, practically have us wrapped around their finger, making us believe whatever we hear and notice. Utmost people are clueless about what is real and what isn’ t, this is just the way we think.…

Modern Day Television: The Death of Cinema? In his essay "Story or Spectacle? Why Television Is Better Than the Movies," David Charpentier argues as the title states "Television is Better Than the Movies." Charpentier does this by comparing the two mediums with plot and character development. He argues television develops these better than movies with their one key advantage: time. This is simply irrefutable and film has yet to produce anything similar to modern television dramas such as Game…

There are many different ways in which the CBS hit TV- show Survivor relates to both chapter 10 of our textbook, as well as the Emotional Intelligence book. The TV show illustrates the effects of throwing together a group of people who do not know each other, and forcing them to bond and hopefully win challenges and eventually win the grand prize of a million dollars. One of the most important aspects of Survivor, and life itself, is decision making. Decision making is evident in every episode…

Reality tv is the pure act of drama, it doesn't exactly contain any reality in its shows. Usually there's a lot of editing and scripting in these shows. The producers like to keep the audience entertained. The producer also knows the audience they are targeting. Studies for the girl scout research institute have revealed that teenagers and children are the demographic for reality tv. They become easily influenced by what they watch and listen to. This can influence foul language ,negative…

unordinary situations with comic outcomes (E.g. Woman asks help for her car, when passersby learns that the car has no engine). The hidden cameras from many angles follow the actions, and at the end the participants are notified for the pranks with the line “Smile, you are on Candid Camera”. In the period 48 until the 60s other extremely popular shows emerged and remained broadcasted for a longer period of time, some of them with elements of quiz and…

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…