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Reality television is a genre of television programming which generally is unscripted, documenting actual events over fiction. Although it has become highly successful around the globe in the 21st century, the genre has origins in earlier forms.
Origins of Reality Television
Though there were earlier precedents on radio and television, the first reality show in the modern sense was probably the PBS series 'An American Family'. Twelve parts were broadcast in the United States in 1973. The series dealt with a nuclear family going through a divorce. Perhaps responsible for inspiring the recent interest in reality television is MTV's 'The Real World', one of the first reality programs to gain mainstream popularity.
Due to the typically low production values associated with reality television (such as having only a handful of people on set, no set design, and not much post-production), this type of programming is very popular with television network executives wishing to maximize profits.
Types of Reality TV
There are a number of types of sub-categories in the genre known as reality television. In some, the viewer and the camera are passive observers following people going about their daily personal and professional activities-his style of filming is often referred to as "fly on the wall". Other programs construct competitions to place people in, blending traditions of sports, game shows, and drama. Often "plots" are constructed programs via editing and constructed situations, with the results resembling. soap operas, hence the description docusoap.
Scholars have suggested that reality television's sucess is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations. For example, on the ABC show "The Bachelor", an eligible male dates a dozen women simultaneously, traveling on extraordinary dates to Napa Valley and Vail, Colorado.
Another type of reality programming features hidden cameras rolling when random passers-by encounter a staged situation. The reactions of the passers-by can be funny to watch, but also revealing to the truths about the human condition.
In another type, the so-called ‘reality game shows’, participants are filmed constantly in an enclosed environment while competing to win a prize. The reality game show genre has become pervasive enough to be parodied by Spike TV. One difference that makes these more like ‘reality television’ than other game shows is that the viewing public can play an active role in deciding the outcome. Usually this is by eliminating participants (disapproval voting) or voting for the most popular choice to win (with some other voting system). Some of the most popular reality-based game shows of this sort are ‘Big Brother’ and ‘American Idol'.
Another form of reality TV is the relationship reality show, in which a contestant would often be matched up with a large group of suitors. Over the course of the season the suitors would be eliminated one by one, until the end when only the contestant and the 1 suitor remained, and they were married.
Given that producers design the format of the show, as well as control the outcome of some of them, it is questionable how 'real' reality television actually is. There is no doubt that producers are highly deliberate in their editing strategies, able to portray certain characters as heroes or villains, and guiding the drama through altered chronology and selective presentation of events. Likewise, shows use carefully designed scenarios, challenges, events, and settings to encourage particular behaviors and conflicts.
In recent years, the reality TV genre has attracted immense criticism from those who feel that the perverseness of the genre on network television has come at the cost of less dramatic programming development.
"These days, normal people don't want privacy. When they are cheated by their lovers, they run to a broadcasting station." This is what philosopher Umberto Eco sees as people's psychology these days.
He said, "What governments should do before protecting individuals' privacy is to teach the value of privacy to those who are willing to give up their privacy." If such a government appears in the future, it might cause a crisis for the reality shows.
Question
1. Have you watched the program of Reality genre before? Do you like it? If you don't, why?
2. In Korea, many broadcasting system (includes cable TV) has taken reality genre and has aired other country's program. How do you think about this?
3. If you are scouted by broadcasting system, would you accept and take it?
4. What is the problem of 'Reality genre'? What do you think should be change?
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Origins of Reality Television
Though there were earlier precedents on radio and television, the first reality show in the modern sense was probably the PBS series 'An American Family'. Twelve parts were broadcast in the United States in 1973. The series dealt with a nuclear family going through a divorce. Perhaps responsible for inspiring the recent interest in reality television is MTV's 'The Real World', one of the first reality programs to gain mainstream popularity.
Due to the typically low production values associated with reality television (such as having only a handful of people on set, no set design, and not much post-production), this type of programming is very popular with television network executives wishing to maximize profits.
Types of Reality TV
There are a number of types of sub-categories in the genre known as reality television. In some, the viewer and the camera are passive observers following people going about their daily personal and professional activities-his style of filming is often referred to as "fly on the wall". Other programs construct competitions to place people in, blending traditions of sports, game shows, and drama. Often "plots" are constructed programs via editing and constructed situations, with the results resembling. soap operas, hence the description docusoap.
Scholars have suggested that reality television's sucess is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations. For example, on the ABC show "The Bachelor", an eligible male dates a dozen women simultaneously, traveling on extraordinary dates to Napa Valley and Vail, Colorado.
Another type of reality programming features hidden cameras rolling when random passers-by encounter a staged situation. The reactions of the passers-by can be funny to watch, but also revealing to the truths about the human condition.
In another type, the so-called ‘reality game shows’, participants are filmed constantly in an enclosed environment while competing to win a prize. The reality game show genre has become pervasive enough to be parodied by Spike TV. One difference that makes these more like ‘reality television’ than other game shows is that the viewing public can play an active role in deciding the outcome. Usually this is by eliminating participants (disapproval voting) or voting for the most popular choice to win (with some other voting system). Some of the most popular reality-based game shows of this sort are ‘Big Brother’ and ‘American Idol'.
Another form of reality TV is the relationship reality show, in which a contestant would often be matched up with a large group of suitors. Over the course of the season the suitors would be eliminated one by one, until the end when only the contestant and the 1 suitor remained, and they were married.
Given that producers design the format of the show, as well as control the outcome of some of them, it is questionable how 'real' reality television actually is. There is no doubt that producers are highly deliberate in their editing strategies, able to portray certain characters as heroes or villains, and guiding the drama through altered chronology and selective presentation of events. Likewise, shows use carefully designed scenarios, challenges, events, and settings to encourage particular behaviors and conflicts.
In recent years, the reality TV genre has attracted immense criticism from those who feel that the perverseness of the genre on network television has come at the cost of less dramatic programming development.
"These days, normal people don't want privacy. When they are cheated by their lovers, they run to a broadcasting station." This is what philosopher Umberto Eco sees as people's psychology these days.
He said, "What governments should do before protecting individuals' privacy is to teach the value of privacy to those who are willing to give up their privacy." If such a government appears in the future, it might cause a crisis for the reality shows.
Question
1. Have you watched the program of Reality genre before? Do you like it? If you don't, why?
2. In Korea, many broadcasting system (includes cable TV) has taken reality genre and has aired other country's program. How do you think about this?
3. If you are scouted by broadcasting system, would you accept and take it?
4. What is the problem of 'Reality genre'? What do you think should be change?
이 글은「대학연합영어토론동아리」www.pioneerclub.com에서 제공하는 영어토론 정보입니다.
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