the lives of the contestants on these shows, even though they did volunteer to be on them. There are no hidden cameras on these shows and there is no one forcing people to watch. But humans have a human nature of being "peeping toms." Home viewers are the source for reality shows because, there is no Big Brother, the only "Big Brother is you watching" (Gamson 463). People are promoting reality television by encouraging more publicity and reality.
The media love the pursuit for "realness," but how real are reality shows actually? Of course, the people or contestants or reality shows are real and they are not acting, but not everything that happens on these shows is broadcasted. "Truth be told, there is little reality in reality television...the real star of reality television is the editing involved in the creation of the show" (Larocque). First of all, certain contestants are picked for certain shows on purpose. Producers pick people who are going to be controversial. They want to p
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