Essays on Reality Television

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “myth”? Of course, gods and goddesses will usually come to your mind like Bathala (Philippine Mythology god) or Zeus (god of lightning in Greek Mythology). According to Collins English Dictionary, a myth is a well-known...

Connie Talbot is no stranger to fame and stardom as she rose to fame as a result of her finalist placing on Britain’s Got Talent. Talbot’s “Footprints in the Sand” was the best performance out of these four artists back in 2011. The artist’s initial...

Television news has been considered to be a ‘national unifying center’ since it had the ability to connect people across the nation, and even globally, because the audiences were able to retrieve knowledge about events that occurred either on a national or global scale. According...

Quick shifts of preferences due to actively changing consumer environment, the abundance and availability of information in the online space, leads to the need of engaging in direct dialogue with consumers on a deeper level. Now there occurs a need to find an answer to...

It’s often said – “When the bad boy fall in love he falls hard in love”. Recently, I have seen a show called “Woh Mera Dil Tha” which aired on Ary Digital. In the start, I found the plot a little too twisted. Two families...

From the very beginning of television there has been a dramatic change on the content that is being aired. In the beginning of television most programming considered “explicit” was aired laterat night and shows that did not contain such content were aired at primetime where...

When I was younger, my parents never warned me about watching reality television shows. However, eventually, I began to realise that reality television has a major involvement in the behaviours of our society. It is quite apparent that the reality television universe is emerging and...

Even though reality television exploded in the 2000s, it is still currently the most popular genre of all programs. In our society, younger viewers such as teenagers are exposed to a lot of graphic content. Some of this content includes inappropriate language, sexual activity, drugs...

Reality television claims to provide a window into some people’s lives as they experience purportedly unfiltered events. The early 2000s saw the emergence of a new subgenre of reality television in that pitted contestants against each other. By appealing to innate feelings of success, rejection,...

Hindi daily soaps which are also called soap operas which are written, directed, produced and filmed, with characters played by Indians and episodes are broadcasted on Indian television. To gain TRP, Hindi soap operas show controversial unethical story lines which are not accepted in our...