Talk Shows: Jerry Spring And Dr. Phil

There are numerous channels of different types of programming: educational, reality, and news reporting. Educational programming is beneficial in many ways. It helps children learn a variety of skills such as the alphabet, numbers, and manners. Reality TV programming is invasive . This type of programming promotes spreading rumors and nonsense about people in the world today. Invading the privacy of people is reality programming's biggest key to success. Everyone is always wanting to know about what other people are doing, who they are talking to, where they are going, and when and they will be somewhere. Celebrities are most likely the biggest victims of our ridiculing reality TV. Today, most people are interested in reality TV channels like Music TV, Entertainment TV and Abc networks. One can watch reality shows such as Cops, Trauma in the ER, and Keeping up with the Kardashians. Another programming is the news which is opinion based, depending on what one wants to see when he wants to see it. Multiple stories are broadcasted everyday with the latest news. The public has multiple channels to choose from when it comes to the news. Public interest is definitely important to television programming. Television gains its ratings from the public watching programming. Therefore, broadcasters make their living as to what interest the public on

Since television came into existence, it has evolved into a useful tool to spread ideas, both social and political, and has had a great effect on the generations growing up with these heavily influential shows. To these younger generations, television has taken the role of a teacher, with the task of creating a social construction by which many of us base our personal beliefs and judgments on. This power allows television shows take the opportunity to address problems in a manner that many audiences can take to heart. Many television shows present controversial topics in a comical matter, in some ways to soften the blow of hard-hitting reality at the same time bringing attention to the issue being addressed. In the television show,

On television every night, there are countless late night talk shows. Many people watch these shows because the hosts refer to subjects that are not regularly discussed in public. Between interviews, the hosts often satirize new ideas or beliefs in the society. Because they address

Lastly, reality television programs are detrimental to society because they humiliate many of the characters. This is detrimental to the characters because of obvious reasons such as suicide. The effects of this on society are even greater. Many people watch shows such as American Idol because they find it humorous when some of the characters have awful singing abilities, and therefore humiliate themselves. In my opinion, this makes many viewers bullies inside. If an individual watches the misfortune of others to make them feel better about themself, they are a bully. Therefore, reality television indirectly causes people to be bullies. Studies show that if a person has negative thoughts as a result of watching people humiliated on television; they may begin to

When I watch these shows on VH1, its nearly inevitable to notice vast amount of outrages, and off the wall things that occur each episode. Throughout the show you are liable to see anything from a man taking his child to the park to play,

Not only is reality TV inappropriate, but it can also humiliate people. For example, in Jersey Shore when the cast goes out to Karma, a club in Jersey, the cast gets drunk and embarrasses themselves because they start getting careless with their actions, cause trouble with other people and start revealing things on TV like skirts going up, tops coming down, etc. For a recovering addict, it is a disgrace to watch themselves and their families on programs like Intervention because they can look back at how they used to struggle in those “sticky situations” and it will always be a part of television entertainment. 16 and Pregnant shows couples and families getting into fights with each other and the cameras are always catching every moment of these battles along with the ups and downs of their struggle. This is what catches the viewers’ attention, dramatic fights. Poniewozik expresses how “it’s often women degrading themselves” and he does not want his “nine year-old thinking that’s the way girls should behave” (236). Basically, Poniewozik expresses how these shows, give people an insulting idea of women, so he forbids his daughter to watch these television

One of the many things McGraw does is public speeches. In those speeches, he inspires people to “get real with their lives” (Phillip C. McGraw, 2006). Before Dr. Phil met Oprah, he teamed up with Match.com to give dating advice to its users (Phillip C. McGraw, 2006). While Dr. Phil starred on Oprah’s show, courtesy of her gratitude, he did therapy sessions with people starring on her show. The fact that McGraw did therapy sessions on television when he quit his job working with his father as a therapist is quite strange. It was how McGraw handled his patients during those therapy sessions that gained McGraw

When hearing Jerry Springer's background and credentials, you would think his self-titled show would be a riveting news show about current issues that make a difference in the lives of America. However, his show has become quite a "sociological explosion." Each day, the show has a different topic, to which each of the guests can relate.

DeGeneres is best positioned to break out from the talk show pack when Ms. Winfrey leaves the stage. Why? Because her hour-long show is upbeat and inspirational, two traits that appeal to daytime’s core female audience, according to the studies, which TV executives rely on as they make decisions. Equally important, the 52-year-old Ms. DeGeneres is seen as relaxed and relatable. Already, she is seen as more likable than Ms. Winfrey, according to the Q Scores Company, which measures consumer preferences. (Stelter, 2010)

Phil took control of every situation. He maintains the position and calm while asking questions. I could immediately see that he did not share the same values or principles as the interviewee, yet he did not act against her behavior. Instead, he asked reflective questions so that she could know she was wrong. There were times where the interviewee was a little bit out of control and Dr. Phil calmed her and spoke firmly about her behavior. The interviewer conveys empathy in some ways. For example, told her “I understand what you are going through” and “It is difficult”. Those two phrases made me realize that the interviewer feels empathy towards the interviewee.

For close to a decade, the ethics behind the existence of reality TV have been questioned. While there are ardent viewers of reality TV, researchers and other scholars disapprove them, and claim that the world would have been in a better place. Reality TV shows, especially in America, are extremely profitable to media owners, and this has increased their popularity in the recent years. The main target audience for these shows are teenagers and women, who spend a lot of time discussing about them, even hours after the shows. Most of the reality shows in America and other parts of the world have common ideas. The most fundamental aspect of most reality TV shows is that they display people who go through embarrassing, painful and humiliating ordeals. This is what the reality shows expect their audiences to be entertained, and presumably laugh at the situations the people go through. For this reason and many more, it has been found that they are more detrimental than entertaining to the society, and therefore, the world would be in a better place without them (Pozner 89-91).

To quote Matt Philbin, managing editor of the MRC Culture & Media Institute, “the problem with much of reality TV is that it isn’t about real people or reality at all. These are highly scripted, performed shows, ‘written’ like a piece of fiction and as such they need the classic conflict-driven characters and soap opera melodrama.”

Reality shows say they are promoting healthy and normal relationships. The shows say they are not trying to sensationalize relationships or twist the story. The shows claim they do not edit the show, and that it’s all real and it’s showing exactly what the couples do. It

Today’s audience grabs hold of reality TV now a day. Looking forward week to week to watch these unscripted real life situation shows. In a way it 's becoming increasingly hard to avoid not watching. Some viewers see the TV show and tend to be attention seekers, and reality TV allows them to fantasize about achieving status through instant fame. Too much reality TV may lead viewers to idealize real world situations, like romanticizing dating. Like when Truman saw the girl in the library who was an actress and a fan of the show. He wanted to take her out sometime later that week, but she said it couldn’t happen because she knows what’s going on, but she had true love for him and asked to go out with him right then on a little date to the beach. As they went to the beach she was going to spill the beans and tell him everything. Then a man of the show in a car drove there to stop her acting like her father to get her before she ruined the show. It’s like most reality TV love shows on today people who audition for a show and know it’s scripted, but end up actually having a real feeling for the person.

If social order is not a given, if it is not encoded in our DNA, then to some extent we are always in the process of producing "virtual realities," some more functional than others.