The Reality Of Reality Television

In the study before researchers can understand the impact of reality programs on viewers, they must agree on how to define exposure to this genre. This would be defining the purpose of the study. The purpose of this study was to explore the conceptualization of RTV through the use of a program-centered method of determining distinct subtypes of this emerging genre. The RTV

T.V. shows are fun to watch. However, have you noticed that many T.V. shows have the same actors, in the same stereotypes, just because of how they look. But, have you noticed that many of these stereotypes have been taken to extremes? I believe that stereotypes in T.V. are unrealistic, and exaggerated. Stereotypes such as blondes being stupid, Nerds being weak, and awkward, and popular people being rude, all have been exaggerated by Hollywood to the point where it's unrealistic!

Motive of Author: To analyze the evolution of reality television as a genre. To discuss the various methods that reality TV invokes in order to entertain its audiences. To discover the definition of reality TV through examining several generations of reality TV over the years.

These reality television shows use stereotypes in many cases to continue to have an audience, and because people continue to watch these shows, these stereotypes are not only in television but they disseminate into

For instance, there are shows that convey stereotypes of a group of people in a negative way. Immediately, the comical show the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air displayed African Americans being exposed to stereotypes and racism even in an affluent community. The meaning of the word stereotype is having an ill feeling towards a group of people (Schaefer 2015: p, 16). The show debunked stereotypes because in the show Will Smith and

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.

Utilitarianism, is defined as doing the action that will produce the most happiness in general. Taking into account Utilitarianism into a TV show or a movie means that the audience, the actors and the company should be as satisfied as possible, thus creating greater happiness overall. Portraying stereotypes may cause the audience to be discontented and may also affect the actors, since they don’t have the freedom of representing a character who is complex and has desires and intentions. Another moral theory that doesn’t agree with using stereotypes like those seen in Fuller House and in the Help with the African American domestic workers is the Kantian theories. The second formulation of Kant states that we shouldn’t use another person to get our needs. However, the company of the TV shows and films are using stereotypes for a way to receive what they need, money. In addition, these characters tend to become the object of the joke instead of the

Pozner writes “The Lubriderm photo shoot illustrates how the advertising industry’s long-held racial essentialism influences the depiction of people of color in product placement- driven reality TV.” This quote shows that the media, like the photo shoot, will put people in situations that portray them in a stereotypical manner for the sake of a profit. Also, Television Shows, like America’s Next Top Model, will use the stereotypes in each race to cause the drama shown. This promotes the idea that a certain race is going to act a certain way, and may make someone or a certain race feel like they are in a box and are suppose to behave in a particular manner according to the stereotypes. This can create a divide among the different cultures due to the feeling that they behave in certain ways, such as the angry black woman or the spicy latina. The equivalent of these television shows happens in movies and social media with how they portray the certain stereotypes. Television shows and movies have the ability change and decide to break away from the stereotypes that they use , instead of promoting the drama coming from that. However, the issue of making that change is the ratings may decrease dramatically because their audiences are accustomed to a certain level of drama and

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.

For example, directors wanting to make their shows centered on people in the LGBT community can sometimes over exaggerate the idea, tinting the proposition of what people have in their minds of this community. From this, stereotypes can form, especially in the minds of children that are easy to sway because they are still forming opinions. People who only go off of the media’s portrayal of gays can have skewed ideas about them. For example, there was a show called “The L Word.” The “L” word they are talking about is Lesbian. With a name like this, you know what the show is about and most likely what it is going to say. A more familiarized show, “Good Luck Charlie” does in a small way also taint minds, geared towards the younger crowd. As you can see, these shows can also form stereotypes for you.

In many aspects of society, there are often unfair and inaccurate stereotypes on full display of certain people who belong to various demographics. Media, or more specifically TV shows, are no different in this regard. For example, men are painted out to be leaders, unemotional, and sometimes aggressive individuals who should be admired. Women tend to be shown as secretive and manipulative in order to get their way in a men driven society. It is also noteworthy that several homosexual characters are depicted as attempting to hide the fact that they are homosexual, and as feeble minded, even if the person in question is a male. While many times these stereotypes are untrue of the entire demographic being portrayed, people who attract to popular

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

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).

The objective of Reality TV can be elucidated as a form of entertainment. The directors attain this principal of entertainment through the manipulation of various language and film techniques. These techniques

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.