Reed's D Band Media Log

Reality T.V: Shaping our lives?

Reality T.V., is a successful T.V. genre that has been thought to positively and negatively influence the lives of many people. Unlike in the other T.V. shows such as dramas and sitcoms, any ordinary person could take part in a reality T.V. show. Many reality T.V. shows are basically game shows in which the participant's would recieve a prize at the end. One example of such a reality show would be Survivor, in which sixteen people are stranded on an unfamiliar island for a month and the one person who survive's up to the end recieves a million dollar prize.

Reality T.V. is very popular today due to it's ability to make the audience relate to the events that occur. It is very unique from all the other shows on T.V. because it is unscripted and represents our everyday life and activities. One reason why many people take interest in the shows,