Reality is the state of things as they actually exist. Reality shows claim that they are acutally real and that the fact that a camara is recording 24/7 does not affect the behaviors of the people "participating" in the reality show. Over the past few years reality shows have become more populular, having audience even higher than the news. The question is how real are reality shows? A reality TV show claim to have real and ordinary people instead of actors and actresses. People participating in reality shows supposed to present real life situations, but most of the time most people don't act the same when they have a camara in front of them. How did producers of reality shows chose who is in or not? Also most of the time they look for different personalities so their ideas and behaviors can crash adding drama to the show. Putting several strangers in a house, spending all day and night togheter is not real, in real life that does not happen. So the question is how real are reality shows? What makes something real or not real?
Well, looking at it that way, the only way to make a real reality show is to have hidden cameras and spy on people. I think that the point of the reality shows is just that it doesn't have a script (supposedly) and it shows how people react to different situation.
ReplyDeleteIf your in front of a camera 24/7, most people will let at least a little of their true personality out.
Also, don't you act different when your around different people? Say your parents vs. friends vs. boyfriend vs. teacher or whatever. Does that mean that your life is not reality?
When I watch reality shows that put different people in the same house, it does not show reality. These people came together because of this show. Which does not portray reality. But there are reality shows like John & Kate pluse eight, or 18 Kids and Counting...you can see the reality of the family and what they are encountering. But it does not show the reality of the family...because reality shows are meant to entertain people and if the reality show was taping a family going through a hard time or something that America does not want to see it is not taped and put on the show. America wants to see entertainment, families working things out and having a great time together. So most of the time they show only tapes when they are going on vacation or doing something out of the ordinary...how real is that? Many people in America are not able to go out on vacation as often as these people on the show. Many people know the reality of things and it is not about vacations and outings 24/7.
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