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    Television: A Vast Wasteland Essay

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    The Cosby Show was the pinnacle of American television. Based on an affluent African-American family in Brooklyn, New York, The Cosby Show demonstrated how to effectively raise a family. The sitcom starred Phylicia Rashad as Clair Huxtable, a confident, assertive, and eloquent attorney. Alongside Rashad was Bill Cosby as Cliff Huxtable, an eccentric and whimsical obstetrician. Together, Clair and Cliff reared five children in the midst of several complex obstacles. When faced with Sondra’s decision

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    How Tv Makes You Smarter

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    How television is making people smarted. People all over the world turn on their television each night and watch a few moments to a few hours of television and it is hard to miss a reality show which on almost any channel. If they were to pause on one of these shows they might not know it but they would bettering themselves on a personal level. Based on the ideas of Steven Johnson the average person could learn a thing or two from reality TV. In his article called, “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”

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    Media Essay Reality television has been around for many years influencing the minds of the people around the world. Producers make everyone think that reality television is real when most of the time it’s just lies and drama on the shows. Producers do not care about what they throw on television, if they are winning money and ratings they are happy. Reality television has a negative effect on young adults by the acting and the different stereotypes about women, men, people of color, and more groups

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    Television and Young Women in Western Society Reality television is considered to be essentially unscripted and unfiltered television programs where people showcase themselves depicting their real lives, the good, the bad and the ugly. Reality TV shows like “The Real Housewives” or “The Kardashians” exploit the lives of wealthy high-class people who portray drama, fortune and materialistic things. Since the beginning of the reality show phenomenon critics have been debating that reality television

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    many options, reality television is the absolute best way to spend time in front of the TV. From 16 and Pregnant to Keeping Up with the Kardashians, reality television remains as one of the most viewed genres by people who watch TV regularly. It really allows people to observe how other families in the same culture would handle certain situations when faced with hardships. It could even be said that people look at these reality TV actors as role models at times. Honestly though, reality TV just help’s

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    advertisements on various free-to-air TV channels were watched. Australian television programs are set in different categories such as Soaps and Dramas, Television commercials, Reality Television, SBS and commercials in between the shows breaks. Analysis of

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    Reality television programs are bad for society when they display cruel and rude behavior because this can impact the real-life behavior of the viewers, and they promote bullying and violence. Fights, angry cast members, profanity, and hurtful name calling are common in reality television shows. For instance, in Hell’s Kitchen, Chef Ramsay gets into the contestants’ faces, and he rudely tells them that their food is disgusting or poorly done. Also, Ramsay constantly bullies and disrespects the contestants

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    Reality T.V. Essay

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    discussion of the real ethics of reality TV and how the current gender, media and popular culture depict a fusion between reality and reality on TV. The writing is based upon the "Real Appeal: The Ethics of Reality TV", Catehrine Lumby and Elspeth Probyn. The idea that anyone can become famous is not fairly evident upon most TV viewers; however it is clear that TV makes the viewer believe that what they are viewing is true and it is for this reason that it becomes reality TV. TV exposes the public to

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    show, there are about four to five minutes of commercials. Most commercials were seen on tv consist of new reality TV shows. If not new, it could date back to the 1940’s. Although, the shows that were airing years ago were much less indecent. It honestly seems that reality TV continues to go downhill. In this research paper, I will be talking about the negative effects of reality television on its viewers and how it affects the American culture of today’s society. People may disagree and say there

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    through the character of Pyrgopolynices, who constantly recounts his accomplishments in battle in both war and love. Some comedic techniques the audience sees in the play also used in modern day television include comedic hyperboles and violence. These techniques are similar to today’s reality television shows, which tend to be modern day comedies. Pyrgopolinices vanity is used as a technique of comedy in the play. In the first act, he brags about conquering an elephant with one arm as well as his

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