The Reality Of Reality Television

While reading the journal Reality Bites: An Investigation of the Genre of Reality Television and Its Relationship to Viewers’ Body Image researchers utilized a unique methodological approach, this study investigated subtypes of reality television (RTV) to study the influence of exposure to RTV on body image (body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness) as compared a more traditional weekly report of RTV viewing. Young adults (N ¼ 472) completed online surveys measuring their exposure to Reality TV and perceptions of their own body image. Four types of RTV were uncovered. Regression analyses using these 4 factors demonstrated that exposure to competition-based RTV shows (e.g., Dancing with the Stars) predicted increased body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness. On the other hand, the weekly self-report of RTV viewing did not reveal any relationships between weekly exposure to RTV and body image. These findings underline the need for cultivation-based media studies that include program-based measures of genre-specific media exposure, especially when seeking to capture media effects related to RTV.

This magazine broadcast the family’s personal anguishes to the public, making them seem as if they are only famous party girls. Even though all of these accusations are not true, the family has had some rather humiliating moments. Prior to the premier of the family’s first hit show, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Kim Kardashian’s adult film with singer R Jay, current boyfriend at the time, was released to the public. The company Vivid Entertainment got ahold of the tape and began selling it to the community. Kim sued, and in return her “naughty-time notoriety” essentially became the marketing benefit for the television show. The show “Keeping up with the Kardashians” was made for reasons more than just to have a gain in income. This show was a way for this American family to tell their story through their own eyes, and explain that even though they are not all perfect, they are a family, and they stick together no matter what. Together this crazy cluster of a family meant well, but they soon became known as the “Brady Bunch of the 21st Century”, and that title described them perfectly. They had become the new “hit” family, and they would only continue to grow in success from

In Rob's case, his relationship with the 27-year-old former exotic performer is surrounded with curiosity and controversies so it's a no brainer that we will probably

Reality TV burst onto the television scene in the early 2000s’s. Shows such as, The Bachelor, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and American Idol are just a few of the hundreds of reality TV shows that are capturing the hearts of Americans on a weekly basis. The effects go unnoticed by the viewers, but as these shows are watched, they begin to take over the personality of the audience and are changing the way people perceive the world today.

“Keeping up with the Kardashian’s”, the reality tv show

Reality TV is known as exciting entertainment because the audience never knew what will happen next as it is with no strings attached and even have the freedom of speech. Despite the entertainment it can bring, the content of reality shows are actually degrading the society. Our pop culture and civilization have been affected by the reality programs in a bad way. Indeed, reality TV is promoting bad social value to the

Reality television has several sub-genres such as talent contests, reality news, makeover shows, and even some law enforcement programs. However, the genres that portray women in the most negative way followed by an enormous amount of stereotypes are dating shows and documentary or lifestyle series. Reality shows have grew to be one of the most exciting and successful forms of TV program today with many networks that provide different series of jaw-dropping “reality”. The different styles and format of these shows have favorably positioned them in the network markets, generating high ratings, large profits and fame for the cast members of these shows. Reality TV is difficult to define because of the branches of subject that have evolved over the course of the years. "In the early stages of the genre, reality TV was associated with on-scene footages of law and order or emergency services; more recently, reality TV is associated with anything and everything, from people to pets, from birth to death" (Hill, 2005, p. 41). Photography 's dominance as the most reliable method of documenting reality for many decades led to the use of cinematography to capture "the real" as first practiced by the Lumière brothers (Joniak, 2001). In which that open the doors to filming reality tv and recording ordinary subjects performing real activities.

The Kardashian-Jenner family, famously known from their E! reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, are constantly creating controversy in the media. From Robert Kardashian, Sr. defending OJ Simpson on his trial to Kylie Jenner’s relationship with rapper Tyga. Producer Ryan Seacrest spoke about the birth of the show: “Kris was interested in doing a television show and this was in the time that The Osbournes was popular. I had seen The Osbournes and thought to myself — because I had formed a production company — I thought we should find something in this vein. And at the time, we had heard that Kris was interested in doing something with the family, so it was me and one other guy at the company. We had no idea it would become the monster pop culture business that it is" (“Keeping Up with the

The world can’t get enough of Caitlyn Jenner, but apparently, her family has had enough of her. Radar Online, June 18, 2015 reported that Caitlyn’s family members are fighting with her. They are missing her former identity, Bruce Jenner. So what’s the difference between Caitlyn and Bruce other than gender? Bruce hated the spotlight, but Caitlyn flourishes in it and can’t get enough. Even Caitlyn’s stepdaughters from the Kardashian side, don’t want to be around her anymore. Caitlyn’s son, Brody, had a falling out, which started with the Vanity Fair interview. Apparently, Caitlyn wanted Brody to take part in her docuseries, “I Am Cait,” but Brody and his kids have refused. Caitlyn said some things in the interview and her comments hurt Brody.

In his article, ‘In Defense of Reality TV: Reality TV as a Documentary’, Erik Fritts makes the eager argument that reality TV is a medium of Documentary film by focusing on the theme of director’s perspective and the documentation of human events. It is clear, however, that he leans against the usage of deductive reasoning as he glues together minor similarities between reality TV and Documentaries. By the same token, he also uses the Rogerian approach as he seemingly ricochets between his argument in favor of reality TV and the common belief that the genre is “...sometimes uncouth and uncultured…”(Fritts). Albeit, his use of the Rogerian model when approaching a generally one-sided topic is very clever because it grapples for the

Everyday we are bombarded with images of perfect hair, luxury cars, and a life of extravagance we all desire. American society glorifies the rich and broadcasts their life of ease. We watch movies like “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “American Hustle” in order to make our lives more exciting. Escapism has become part of our society; we fantasize living like the Kardashians or the Real Houswives of any city. Because of reality TV, we have become infatuated with the extravagant lives of others rather than our own.

To talk about Kylie and her identity it seems like everyone knows who she really is, her life is broadcast on a reality show, every move she makes since the age of nine was watched by thousands and millions. If you watch Keeping Up With The Kardashian since the very first seasons you basically watch Kylie grew up through episodes of it. As time went on Kylie became more popular, she is she stepping out into the real world she starts to interfere into to bigger business like modelling and creating her own makeup company.

Reality? I would say furthest thing from it, is more like it! Reality Television is not even remotely close to what real life is like. In real life, a fifteen year old who gets pregnant is frowned upon, versus on “Reality T.V” that same fifteen year old would become rich and famous, all while drinking, breaking the laws and partying. This type of programming promotes poor behavior, lowers self-confidence, and has viewers thinking they need to live some elaborate, crazy lifestyle in order to be happy. Reality T.V promotes bad behavior by filming these “role models” partying, getting in trouble and becoming famous for doing so, lowers self-confidence by sharing all the plastic surgery stories or going on about what the “perfect

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).

Can you believe that reality television has actually been around since 1948? Most of us may have thought that this idea of real television just came about in the last decade but actually it’s been around for quite some time. In 1948 Candid Camera was the first reality show to be broadcasted on television. Many considered this to be the “granddaddy” of the reality TV genre (History of reality TV). This show actually began in radio broadcasting. Allen Funt was the man in charge of this whole new production. He started by simply taping complaints of men in service and broadcasting them over the Armed Forces Radio. This is what later became known as the television show, Candid Camera. Candid Camera was known for