Reality Television

Drama, romance, or action are a few reasons why people watch reality television. The objective in The Real World or Jersey Shore is to put strangers in the house and see what happens. Either the people in the house are fighting, partying, or just acting stupid to draw attention. People go on this show because of the fame, money, and fun. In all of these shows the people in them are in their mid to late twenties. They are also always very attractive and most of them are white, but there is usually one person is black or gay in every episode. What does this say about out culture? It says that if you are in that age group this is how you should act. But in reality you should act however you want. These shows are a sort of role model for people. This is what you should do, how you should act, or what you should wear.  Viewers also develop a view of postmodernism. Postmodern is the view that social and cultural reality of making up reality as we go. All in all television shows have a great influence on our culture.