The Nielson Television Scandal

With producing reality shows comes producing inaccuracies in portrayals in order to reach as many viewers and gain as high ratings as possible every week with each new episode. Every day life is boring, yet people tend to be attracted to the relatable shows that portray real life in eccentric ways – ways that they believe could be imitated by the average person. In many cases, these shows could remain harmless, as it is entertainment. No matter how crude or erroneous, it is just television. However, what happens when these sources of amusement actually start being damaging? Research has shown that crime shows like the ever popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation have started becoming significantly detrimental to criminal

Olivia Pope is a star in the hit television series, Scandal which airs on ABC. She is an African American women, she has no children, single and is career driven. She is a crisis manager for those who are in the political world. As the show progresses your opinion of Olivia slowly changes. In the beginning of the show she is strong, hardworking, loyal, helper and fixer. As the show progresses you see her develop into a character who has personal issues of her own and you wonder if she deflecting her own problems and if that is why she is always trying to help others fix their.

Nielsen ratings are a published survey which depicts the viewing habits of an audience and Roots for their finale, still holds the record as the third highest rated episode for any type of television series, in U.S television history. My father presented

Television shows have changed dramatically during the last 50 years. What was funny or popular 1, 5, 10 years ago, is now obsolete. The innocence of popular television shows from the 1960s has been overtaken with shows that would have been risqué. This will be demonstrated by describing the difference between “Leave It To Beaver” and “Modern Family.”

According to the Mean World Syndrome, heavy television viewers tend to be more fearful about society and crime which in turn makes them take any TV show seriously that depicts crime. Since television is the leisure activity in America, it has brought

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Any show that could distantly be linked to law or crime quickly became a fixture of my quiet Saturday nights and, unexpectedly, the necessary filter for my academic interests. Past the brooding alpha male leads, dramatizations, and flashes of action I noticed the real problems reflected on my screen. I traded in “ripped from the headlines” style episodes for actual headlines

Scandal is a political drama series that revolves around its main character Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington. The show focuses on Olivia’s team solving cases for people with issues such as rape, murder, and other scandalous problems. The show is also about the relationship between Olivia and the President of the United States, Fitzgerald Grant III, played by Tony Goldwyn. Olivia used to work for the President as a White House Communications Director. Though, their interrelationship goes beyond the normal employer-employee relationship. Olivia and President Grant are secretly having an affair. As the only African American woman to play the protagonist role, Washington portrays a strong, powerful character that is complex yet identifiable for postmodern audiences. Olivia has many admirable traits that make her a popular role model, yet she is also viewed as an antihero for her lack of morals and manipulative ways. As the female antihero, “Olivia embodies many of the key aspects of an archetypal antihero and exemplifies this character type to great success” (Gallagher, n.d.). She has become an example of our society’s view of gender relations and sexuality in American popular culture.

Throughout the past fifty years, moral values in the media have plummeted drastically. The entertainment industry focuses on television shows, celebrity scandals, affairs, relationships, and quarrels. Specifically, three television shows perfectly exhibit the lack of morality in the media: American Horror Story, I Am Cait, and 19 Kids and

Television has become a vital aspect of daily life, within modern society; every aspect of television exhibits, to a certain extent, a reliance on genre (Mittell, 2001). Industries rely on genre to produce programs, and audiences use genres as a means of organizing fan practices (Mittell, 2001). According to a 2006 Nelson Media Research study, ratings confirm that aside from prime time shows such as American Idol and Survivor, part-time crime drama’s have been classified as one of the most favoured genre (DeTardo-Bora, pg. 154, 2009). The relationship between the media and criminal justice system is delicate, where more often than not, crimes are portrayed in a false light (Graveline, pg. 1, 2015). These misconceptions lead to

Through our research, we have discovered that TV shows such as Prison Break, can sometimes twist reality and exaggerate it. We see that

In sociology, the term deviance refers to behaviors or attitudes which go against certain cultural norms. It is evident that deviance is a fascinating topic not only for sociologist, but for television industry and its viewers, as well. In recent years, increasing number of shows begun to feature individuals violating every kind of social norm from folkways to taboos. The Secret Life of the American Teenager, an American television series on the ABC Family television network, is one of the many contemporary shows that portray deviant behaviors on national television. It’s intended for the target audience of teens and their families who are trying to cope in a culture where teen girls and boys are sexually active.

After a long day of classes, I just like to lie down on the couch and relax while watching my favorite television show. Like me, this is how many college students end the day. After conducting a series of surveys and interviews, I realized that, even though we all like to watch our favorite shows, we prefer different shows and watch them at different times in different ways. My overall goal was to determine if there was any difference in television viewing based upon gender. In addition, I hoped to learn: how much TV college students watch per day; if viewers look forward to watching a particular show; if college students use TV as an escape from the everyday pressures; and, if they “channel

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

Some of the most popular television shows in today’s society are The Biggest Looser, Jersey Shore, and Big Brother. These programs and many others are classified as reality television. Reality television’s main purpose is to attempt to portray ordinary people in unscripted situations. Recently, however, many of these shows have achieved in creating the complete opposite, and have earned an immense amount of criticism as a result. Reality television programs are detrimental to society because they influence bad behavior among teenagers, do not produce authentic real life situations, and they humiliate many of the characters.