The effects of Reality TV

To paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill, never have so many watched TV with so little good to say about it. This is the essence of the success of reality TV, it survives because of the sheer contempt that its audience have for it. How many times have you found yourself watching Big Brother or The Bachelorette whilst quizzing yourself on why you are watching such rubbish? It makes us feel tasteless, dirty and cheap and if it didn't I'm sure that we wouldn't bother watching it. People are just totally gripped by misanthropy, the ridiculous and the cruel to an extent where they just can't divorce themselves from it.

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TV Shows - Supernanny

Supernanny goes quite a way to giving proof to the old clich that children should come with instructions. Each week, British nanny Jo Frost arrives on the doorstep of a totally dysfunctional household and teaches the parents what to do. Her job is to observe, find the problems, give the solutions and then let the parents of the leash to practice what she has preached. After a couple of days she goes back to the family and tells them the results which are usually quite positive. Just imagine a world of no more kiddie tantrums!

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How to Get on Reality TV

With the plethora of Reality TV shows taking over our television screens, the majority of the viewing public are attempting to get their own fifteen minutes of fame. They are certainly not high art but they're cheap to make and people keep tuning in to see if someone has devised a new way to challenge and humiliate the contestants.

The principle underlying the shows seems to be that with a camera stuck in their face, nobody is boring and viewers are intrigued by the emotional plight of the participants. You must remember as well that the winner is always rewarded, usually financially (of course in American Idol they get a recording contract but ultimately that leads to a financial reward). So if this is something that you would like to do, how do you go about being on American Idol, The Bachelorette, Survivor or The Apprentice? I should add, for most of these shows you'll need to be 21 years old so teenagers can divert your eyes.

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