These days what media is calling "reality" is a lie.. Lets look at some of the reality tv we are currently watching: American Idol, Celebrity Apprentice, Dancing With The Stars, Hell’s Kitchen, Kate Plus 8, Project Runway, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Survivor, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Jersey Shore, The Real World, etc. Now i want to know.. do any of your mothers act like this...
I really doubt it...
The thing is, this ISN'T REAL!!! Media has been taking the ACTUAL life of people and skewing them into a way emphasizing the drama that may only have been slight to begin with but are blow out of proportions on the television. Not only are the clips that are filmed edited but they can be cut together to create "franken-bytes" like he talks about here in this next video where they put together things said and forms them into sentences even though these sentences that may not have actually been said.
Earlier this weekend i was watching TV with my younger sisters and they were watching this TV show called "Victorious" although it is not a reality TV show, the setting of the show is in Hollywood where they film the lives of these teens at "Hollywood Arts", a performing arts school where talented students learn how to become real artists/actors. On this particular episode they were watching, it was about these teens being featured on a new reality TV show called, "The Wood". On this clip, displayed is a "franken-byte" where they take a clip of 'Victoria', played by Tori Vega, talking to her aunt and her aunts new puppy. In another clip you see Beck, played by Avan Jogia ordering a pizza. This reality show they are in then take the clips and put them together to cause this:
Cited:
The thing is, this ISN'T REAL!!! Media has been taking the ACTUAL life of people and skewing them into a way emphasizing the drama that may only have been slight to begin with but are blow out of proportions on the television. Not only are the clips that are filmed edited but they can be cut together to create "franken-bytes" like he talks about here in this next video where they put together things said and forms them into sentences even though these sentences that may not have actually been said.
In this "reality", the limelight will also change people, they LIVE for the camera and thats all, they want to be the center of attention, and since what the camera wants is drama... well thats exactly what they'll bring.....
One very popular reality tv show fight that happened was seen on Jersey Shore: SNOOKI VS ANGELA (video embedding disabled) And here are some other videos from reality shows where these girls(and guys) try to grab the spotlight...
Earlier this weekend i was watching TV with my younger sisters and they were watching this TV show called "Victorious" although it is not a reality TV show, the setting of the show is in Hollywood where they film the lives of these teens at "Hollywood Arts", a performing arts school where talented students learn how to become real artists/actors. On this particular episode they were watching, it was about these teens being featured on a new reality TV show called, "The Wood". On this clip, displayed is a "franken-byte" where they take a clip of 'Victoria', played by Tori Vega, talking to her aunt and her aunts new puppy. In another clip you see Beck, played by Avan Jogia ordering a pizza. This reality show they are in then take the clips and put them together to cause this:
Cited:
Scherer, Helmut., Arnold, Anne-Katrin. and Schlütz, Daniela. "Media’s Creating Reality: Construction as a Social Process" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, <Not Available>. 2009-05-25<http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p12700_index.html>
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