The Effects of Reality Television Show to the Mass Communication Students of Far Eastern University

"Fist-pumping beachgoers. Singers competing for millions. Survivors outwitting, outlasting and outplaying. Turn on the television and chances are you’ll see all of these things. Whether you’re watching MTV, OWN or a main broadcast network, nearly every channel is home to reality television," USA Today reports. In the early 2000's, Reality TV began to come into play. It has become one of the most popular genres on television today. Although, for more than a decade, Reality TV has increased in popularity among Americans, the relative effects it has on

Also, in many cases, the characters used in these shows are not ordinary individuals, but highly paid actors that simply recite scripts. Clearly, these shows are inaccurately labeled as “reality television,” and many individual’s time is wasted as a result. Time for many is very valuable. Wasting a person’s time because of an inaccurate description could be just as detrimental as wasting a person’s money because of an inaccurate description. Many people watch these shows to view real life situations, but what they are really viewing is the complete opposite. This cultivates confusion about what is real and what is fake.

The next aspect of the Social Impact Theory is Immediacy. Immediacy is how close the group is to you (in space and time) at the moment of the influence attempt. This is what is most often associated with peer pressure at school. You spend hours a

Television is no doubt playing a vital role in our lives. Today, almost every home has a television. One of the most popular genres of television programme is the reality TV. Ever since 1950s, Reality TV has evolved from radio game show and talent show to hidden camera show to dating show to documentary-style series. The genre now include unscripted dramas, makeover sagas, celebrity exposes, lifestyle-change shows, dating shows, talent show and just about any kind of possible competition. Now, reality shows are all over the peak viewing time slots on major networks and cable channels. In any night, you can watch “America’s Got Talent," "Dancing with the Stars," "Survivor," "American Idol," "The Amazing Race," "The

Reality television shows affect the minds of all those who watch it, but has a larger effect on children because it includes social interaction and it is not always intellectually stimulating. In this research paper, I will be explaining the lack of activities reality television has on young children, how it causes too much drama and how reality television affects the minds of young children. In today’s generation children are exposed to television from their birth on wards and catch their attention quite too early. Children of the age group between 2-5 watch television and form basic concepts in their minds about how things are represented in the Television world and begin to relate real life with it. Reality shows are like addiction of drugs as it becomes very addicting after watching one episode they can’t wait for the next one. On an Average a child spends 4 to 6 hours watching television everyday and 90% of it spent on viewing reality shows. If reality shows are portrayed in an educational manner it can have a

Most people have been spending lots of time concerning about pop culture. The Italian American College Institution has been taking the time to study the reality T.V show, Jersey Shore. Ellie Marshall a Mcgill undergraduate says “MTV gets this.” and then showed a clip of Snooki getting arrested. She claims that it wasn’t Snooki getting arrested, But that instead it was the audience. NPR says that “Watching Reality TV can impact Real Life.” A new study led by Bryan Gibson a psychologist at Central Michigan University showed that, people who watched reality TV shows had a higher tendency to lash out and to be more aggressive in general. In general TV is a large part of pop culture. But reality TV is definitely a bigger part of pop culture. Jersey

At the heart of social psychology is a phenomenon of social influence. Every single person is influenced by others. Sometimes we are influenced by persuasion, where another person deliberately tries to change another individual and their way of thinking and behavior (Baumesiter, 2010) Social influence is happening now on television and across America. For example, the Presidential candidacy. Each

Social influence and the power of social situations have always been central topics of inquiry for psychologists due to their impact on our everyday lives. Social influence refers to the ways in which people alter their attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of others. Every day, we encounter countless attempts by other people to influence us. Likewise, we try to influence others. Compliance is a kind of social influence in which an individual modifies his or her behavior in response to an appeal made by another person. Many studies have investigated effective means of increasing compliance rates.

Nowadays, there is a wide selection of reality shows, which audiences can pick and watch. The reason why there are so many different types of reality shows is due to the expansion of the broadcasting industry and the need to ingratiate the taste of the public. Although most people will agree the term reality shows is used to identify shows that have arisen since the 21st century, the appearance of reality television shows actually emerged earlier than everyone thought. For example, Allen Funt’s Candid Camera, which was the first reality show in the United States, arose in 1948 wherein real people respond to funny pranks or unusual situations for the first time ever under hidden cameras (Beck 6). Apart from the entertainment reality shows, non-fictional entertainment shows such as documentaries about ordinary people, quiz and game shows also appeared during the 1990s (Beck 4). Therefore, the aim for people to watch reality shows at that time is entertainment and education. Yet, as time progresses, distinct subgenres of reality shows such as the makeover shows, celebrity-reality shows as well as dating shows developed in the 21st century and the realness of reality shows has become controversial. The authenticity of reality shows has become debatable not only because of these people are oftentimes getting paid to be filmed on camera, but also because exaggerations of manliness, beauty, and wealth are often portrayed in these programs, thus causing audiences to consider them

The modern era of reality TV began decades ago. The introduction of the reality show Survivor to the world has immediately caught attention of audiences from all around the globe.Apart from the basic definition of television which is to entertain, inform and educate, reality telev sion has the power to rise a trend and its' ability to influence has caused it to become the target of commerical brands to offer sponsorship for adversiting purpose. It has also triggered the emergence of more reality shows ,from the good old classic shows like Survivor, The Real World, etc. to American Idol, Amazing race, X-factor, etc that we are watching nowadays. The viewers of reality television increases by leaps and bounds every year despite the fact that some of the reality shows burn out after few seasons .Hence,in this essay we will examine the enduring population of reality television and its causes and effects .

Reality TV is defined as "television programs in which real people are continuously filmed, designed to be entertaining rather than informative."(Dictionary) As we all know, in today 's world we are presented with numerous Reality TV Show such as Keeping up With the Kardashians, Basket wives and The Real Housewives of Miami. These shows give a false message to their viewers of what is reality and what is purely entertainment. Many reality programs create an artificial environment for the show that is meant to look like reality but that is actually quite scripted and that places the subjects into unrealistic situations to create an elevated sense of drama. And further, people aren 't going to act the same way they do in real life if they know they are being filmed, therefore even before any situation is set up, we know that this is not "reality", for in real life there are not cameras crowding around people.

There are many discussions about the effects of reality TV on society. Positive and negative effects of reality TV are two parts of a coin. Unfortunately the coin mostly falls on the negative side. Many reality TV shows are created purely for profit without thinking about its consequences on the mindsets of viewers, especially young viewers . Media companies accept that they make these shows for profit and they do not care about the effects on people. They say that they just show us what we want. Is it right not to care about the viewers mental health just to make more money? Most of these shows do not portray reality and this weakens

The uses and gratification theory seeks to understand the uses of which people seek media to fulfill certain gratifications (Baran and Doris, 2006) by identifying how people utilize the media to gratify their needs and desire.

Filipino in general dream high and aim big for their future stability. They can only get satisfaction when they get a high paying job followed by personal satisfaction to travel to see new places and experience their culture, then health, education, and participation

“Let’s go the shows almost on” was what my younger cousin said to my brother as they both rushed in to watch Pequeños Gigantes a reality TV game show about kids. Reality TV over the years has garnered a rather negative reputation over the years due to shows like the Jersey Shore encouraging bad behavior. While there are some reality TV shows are a negative influence, most reality TV shows have a more positive influence on audiences of various ages.