Sex, luxury, and drama sells. But by watching television shows are we putting fantasy thoughts of reality in our head? Isn't that why we watch television in the first place? No one wants to turn on the television and see chubby, middle class citizens go to a cubicle for 10 hours a day, sit in rush h...

Reality shows have been around for years in other parts of the world but only just recently in Australia has it moved from a subculture into a mainstream. Reality TV is a mixture of documentaries, dramas and game shows, putting people into unscripted, unpredictable situations. CBS experimented...

Can TV improve us??Television is a powerful medium - can it be used for good?Gilmore Girls. SpongeBob. 24. The OC. Pokemon. The Real World. Sex & the City. Are these cartoons, sitcoms and dramas becoming the teachers of our children?Nowadays, in a world where parents spend less time with their child...

It is true that there are an abundant number of entertainment choices offered to us as college students. But which one do a majority of college students enjoy most often? The commonly preferred choice is watching television. Yes they go out and have a wonderful time doing things there not supposed t...

Reality Is Everywhere CRASH!! There has just been an accident. Suddenly there are sounds of sirens from ambulances and police cars rushing to the scene. Many bystanders' curiosity's skyrocket, because they want to know what has happened. People up ahead on the road are slowing down an...

MY REALITY TELEVISION SHOW "THE REAL WORLD" I became very interested in the reality television show "The Real World," around October of last year. I watched one episode and I got hooked on it like it was a drug. Ever since then I have not missed a show. I heard about this r...

Television is not a bad thing, but in fact is a resource that can be used to educate and entertain people of all ages. There are many programs on television, which do not educate, because everyone needs to be entertained. I feel that television is a resource that is not used to the full extent tha...

The current popularity of reality TV all over the world has made reality TV as one of the potent movers of real life drama, challenge and social conflicts in contemporary television entertainment. Reality TV symbolizes the social life of contemporary viewers. It brings out into open the true to li...

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE WATCHING BIG BROTHER! In the first block we saw how Western science is one particular way of viewing the world. And, as Heisenberg has argued, the way in which we view reality, frames the way we do science, which influences the answers, or represe...

It was 12:00am Sunday morning, or Saturday night, which ever one prefers, and I was wide-awake. As I set down, sipping my third cup of Pepsi from a mug that my roommate bought at a second season taping of Fox\'s American Idol, I brainstormed as to what I would write my research paper about. I found ...

"We do accept license fee-funded BBC needs to be popular. But it does not need to be populist. It has the money to give us something different." –Gerry Murphy, CEO Carlton Communications, speaking to Royal Television Society Since its in...

Television "Television will take over your way of living and change your children's habits,but the change can be a wonderful improvement" ( Winn 270 ). Little did this commentator know how true his statement would become. Television has become a necessity in life, in so...

White men mostly dominate the media industry, in particular television and radio. White men were the pioneers of, and known as the essential players in, the growth of television and radio as a medium for mass communication over the years. However, women and minorities were, and still are, involved...

White men mostly dominate the media industry, in particular television and radio. White men were the pioneers of, and known as the essential players in, the growth of television and radio as a medium for mass communication over the years. However, women and minorities were, and still are, involved...

Does Reality TV Have its Place? You want pretty girls French kissing each other? No problem. What about mud wrestling and handcuffs? Sure thing. Girls in bikinis hosing themselves down? Of course. Sounds like we need a reality check. With nonscripted shows continuing to draw huge ratings, networks ...

Change of Name The latest trends in television are reality-based television shows, known as reality TV. The programs put everyday people in supposed real life situations and then tape their actions as they happen. Overall, television is being taken over by these shows. Such shows include The Mole...

Thanksgiving dinner is supposed to be a time for a family to come together peacefully and give thanks for all they have been blessed with. In my family, the peacefulness ends when one walks into the family room, where the younger cousins are watching the Power Rangers television program. That unfort...

Reality TV has become the new genre of television programming toarrest the attention of the American viewer. When 16 people get thrown offa ship, and have to live for just less than 40 days on a deserted island,modern culture is held spellbound. How does a person live when nothing morethan th...

I have watched television on many occasions throughout my life. When I was growing up I watched TV to pass the time on days when I could not go outside, and the whole day I would complain to my parents that, "there is never anything fun to do in the house." As a child I would sit down in the famil...

As sensitive as this issue is, I believe it can be addressed. My report shows that some progress has already begun in several areas. Attention needs to be focused on how and why some programming has begun to move in the right direction and why the rest has not. "What this issue needs, more than a...