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The newest of pop culture trends in American Television is Reality Television. With each new season of television, major broadcasting stations have a new reality program for the audiences of America. The ratings for these shows have been exceeding high. The American population reaction to these shows have been mixed. Some reactions have been on the negative end. While, others have chosen to approach the subject of reality television with a comical view. Finally, some have chosen to just blatantly disregard the trend and questions it true mentally. Negative View: The reality television has not been accepted by all in America, some people have the idea that ‘Reality Television’ is the new pornography—mainstream voyeurism’ (Johnson, 2001). In the issue of ‘Maclean’s’ for January 29,2001, an article was submitted by Brian Johnson called ‘We Like To Watch.’ In this article, Johnson comments on the reality television programs and makes the opinion that such shows are not based on reality. Johnson states that the ‘Reality TV’ is a misnomer. Also, bringing forth the idea that if the Cartesian issue—whether the real world is real at all, or just a dreamscape within a dream—was placed aside that there would be more truth in an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ then the entire season of ‘Survivor.’ Yet, the success of ‘Survivor, which Johnson stated drew in more than 51 million has network executives searching to find a way to clone its success. Claiming that the Fox’s ‘Temptation Island’ is a cheap knock off with four unmarried couples and glorified prostitutes on a Caribbean Island, so that cheap that Johnson states it makes ‘Survivor’ look like Shakespeare. Analyzing ‘The Mole’ (ABC/CTV) sees it more sophisticated since it being a mystery game with 10 players who travel the globe, increasing the jackpot by completing goals as a team, while trying to figure out who the mole is in the group.
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