"ITV has said hits on its The X Factor video site are up 220% this year" - Video helped; Audiences are spending more time on reality TV Para 2
"Receiving almost 4000 complaints" Para 2
"Some complainants were concerned that Johnson had been publicly embarrassed and humiliated on TV" - Audiences care about the contestants Para 2
"The manner by which that result we reached led 3000 people to complain to the broadcasting regulator, Ofcom - 10 times the number that complained about the BNP leader's appearance on Question Time" - Reality TV is seen as a bigger issue than political issues Para 7
"The on-air rows and feuds were designed to increase the show's entertainment value" - Not reality; Actuality is adapted to create more entertainment Para 4 & 6
"Today's talent shows were 'very cheap programming and the lowest common denominator stuff'" - Not respected; Lowbrow Para 7
"With the UK launch of Big Brother in 2000, and amplified by the talent show format and The Rise of Cowell, reality TV would define the noughties obsession with harvesting jerry-built celebrities" - People want celebrity status; Audiences see normal people on reality TV become famous and want to copy them Para 2
"By 2009, 'celebrity' was a definition so elastic..." Para 2
"Simon Cowell, on the other hand, knows how to run a popular election" - Democracy; Audiences care about the vote Para 4
"Shows like Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores. We haven't seen this kind of uplift in years" - Media effects Para 4
"Channel claims six of the top 10 programmes" - Audiences watch more commercial TV Para 5
"The UK's most-watched business programme"
http://ashakabadehmest4.blogspot.com/2010/11/comments-from-apprentice-article.html - Is it really intellectual or just the same reality TV in a disguise? Para 6
"The hottest and most talked about TV genre of our time" Para 2
"The genre has taken over our schedules" - Increasing popularity Para 2
"Real people in somewhat strange situations, and we expect to watch them, safe in the knowledge that they are unable to watch us back" - Voyeurism Para 2
"Real people in somewhat strange situations, and we expect to watch them, safe in the knowledge that they are unable to watch us back" - Voyeurism Para 2
"The success of reality TV is partly due to the increasingly voyeuristic nature of the society in which we live, and in part due to the obsession with celebrity and everyone wanting to be one" - Voyeurism has a big appeal in reality TV; Audiences relate Para 2
"These programmes are relatively cheap to make, certainly compared to drama, and they appear to guarantee audiences" - Commercial channels can rely on them to be profitable; Cheap to produce but generate a lot of money Para 5
"People seem prepared to do anything to achieve fifteen minutes of fame" - Participants want and expect their fifteen minutes of fame Para 2
"Intelligence is being compromised to some extent" - Reality TV doesn't require intelligence so it can be held responsible for the dumbing down of the media and society Para 7
"It isn’t scripted, and should be conducted in private. But I’ve loved seeing Michelle manipulate Stuart into cuddles, kisses and even sex. I’ve enjoyed watching the anger of the Average Joes as they have been rejected and sent home. There is something much more gripping about watching someone crying, or losing his or her temper if there is no script or acting involved. It is a similar experience to craning our necks on the motorway to see an accident. Hoping that we won’t see blood and guts, but at the same time …" Para 2
"It certainly helps you forget about the stresses of the day when you can see people having a much worse day than you have had" Para 2
"These programmes are relatively cheap to make, certainly compared to drama, and they appear to guarantee audiences" - Commercial channels can rely on them to be profitable; Cheap to produce but generate a lot of money Para 5
"People seem prepared to do anything to achieve fifteen minutes of fame" - Participants want and expect their fifteen minutes of fame Para 2
"Intelligence is being compromised to some extent" - Reality TV doesn't require intelligence so it can be held responsible for the dumbing down of the media and society Para 7
"It isn’t scripted, and should be conducted in private. But I’ve loved seeing Michelle manipulate Stuart into cuddles, kisses and even sex. I’ve enjoyed watching the anger of the Average Joes as they have been rejected and sent home. There is something much more gripping about watching someone crying, or losing his or her temper if there is no script or acting involved. It is a similar experience to craning our necks on the motorway to see an accident. Hoping that we won’t see blood and guts, but at the same time …" Para 2
"It certainly helps you forget about the stresses of the day when you can see people having a much worse day than you have had" Para 2
"Comparisons are a relatively natural thing to make: we either take the stance that we are better than the participants, or we want to be them" Para 2
"Once you see the mediation process involved, you are aware that it is not a real situation" - Structuralisation; Even reality TV isn't reality Para 6
"Once you see the mediation process involved, you are aware that it is not a real situation" - Structuralisation; Even reality TV isn't reality Para 6
"‘The creative treatment of actuality’ has adapted to the changing media landscape and to audiences often believed to be switched off from current affairs" - Reality has been structuralised to fit the audience as audiences change Para 5, 6 & 7
"Critics often point to the dreaded ‘dumbing down’ debate when discussing recent documentaries, suggesting the documentary form has been tabloidised with a stronger emphasis on sensationalism and voyeurism in order to make them more palatable to mass audiences" - This can also be related to reality TV as no intelligence is needed and this is becoming a worry Para 7
"Scripted drama, documentary needs opposing characters, tension and a strong sense of narrative" - Is it real? Para 6
"Critics often point to the dreaded ‘dumbing down’ debate when discussing recent documentaries, suggesting the documentary form has been tabloidised with a stronger emphasis on sensationalism and voyeurism in order to make them more palatable to mass audiences" - This can also be related to reality TV as no intelligence is needed and this is becoming a worry Para 7
"Scripted drama, documentary needs opposing characters, tension and a strong sense of narrative" - Is it real? Para 6
"Documentaries, like every other genre, have developed to keep pace with changing audience trends and this has involved ‘borrowing’ from fiction, particularly narrative techniques, structures and characterisation" - Characters and narratives are constructed Para 6
"Voiceover is a key documentary device used to direct audiences towards a preferred reading" - The voiceover in reality TV such as The Apprentice also helps to anchor specific meanings and directs audiences to certain readings Para 6
"Voiceover is a key documentary device used to direct audiences towards a preferred reading" - The voiceover in reality TV such as The Apprentice also helps to anchor specific meanings and directs audiences to certain readings Para 6
"Reality television appears to have taken over our TV schedules" Para 2
"Obsession with reality television" - The popularity of reality TV is always increasing Para 7
"Many hybrids and sub-genres" Para 2
"Many hybrids and sub-genres" Para 2
"It is acceptable now for the middle-classes openly to discuss reality television, so long as it is a conversation on last night’s The Apprentice and not the sexual antics on Big Brother" - More variety to appeal to different audiences; The Apprentice appeals to a more sophisticated audience as it is a sub-genre of reality TV; Wider audience appeal Para 3
"Serious documentary on BBC4 or Wife Swap on Channel 4, most of the nation seems to choose the ‘reality’ option" - Reality appeals to wider audiences; Intellect is needed for a serious documentary but not for Wife Swap Para 2 & 7
"Moving into ever more controversial programming" - Shock tactics Para 2
"Relatively cheap production costs" Para 5
"Serious documentary on BBC4 or Wife Swap on Channel 4, most of the nation seems to choose the ‘reality’ option" - Reality appeals to wider audiences; Intellect is needed for a serious documentary but not for Wife Swap Para 2 & 7
"Moving into ever more controversial programming" - Shock tactics Para 2
"Relatively cheap production costs" Para 5
"Channel 4 and ITV are the organisations that broadcast the most popular reality television formats" - Commercial TV channels make profit from making cheap productions that are popular with mainstream audiences Para 5
"The ‘real’ drama of the programmes is added to by the interactivity, with the audience supposedly directly influencing events on screen" Para 4
"The ‘real’ drama of the programmes is added to by the interactivity, with the audience supposedly directly influencing events on screen" Para 4
"Big interactive buzz of ‘...pressing the red button...’" - Audience interactivity has appeal as they have the excitement of being involved Para 4
"Make celebrities out of unknown wanabees" Para 2
"Make celebrities out of unknown wanabees" Para 2
"The ‘winners’ fade quickly into obscurity" - Celebrity status seems important in contemporary society, even though it is usually just fifteen minutes of fame
"Voyeuristic scopophilia"
"Puppet-handlers, the ones holding those in the cave captive"
"Voyeuristic scopophilia"
"Puppet-handlers, the ones holding those in the cave captive"
"The voice of authority, issuing instructions, informing the contestants of events and generally controlling the environment" - Always an authoritative and respected character; Lord Sugar Para 6
"Judges decide who will be plucked from their drab life (the drabber and harder the better), to enter over the threshold into celebrity" - Empathy with backgrounds and personalities of characters and their sob stories; Judges have the power; Proppian heroes Para 6
"Manipulative editing" - Structuralised and constructed; Actuality is unreliable Para 6
"The audience could be said to be using reality television for voyeuristic escape into this celebrity culture" - Aspiring to be like them Para 2
"A slightly twisted appeal of watching someone you dislike" - Character roles are still present Para 2
"The reality television spectacle caused British people to engage with difficult issues which would perhaps not have happened if the programme had not been broadcast" - Media effects
"The on/off love affair of the 2007 run of Big Brother was a major talking point; how much Charley annoyed you was another" Para 2
"Judges decide who will be plucked from their drab life (the drabber and harder the better), to enter over the threshold into celebrity" - Empathy with backgrounds and personalities of characters and their sob stories; Judges have the power; Proppian heroes Para 6
"Manipulative editing" - Structuralised and constructed; Actuality is unreliable Para 6
"The audience could be said to be using reality television for voyeuristic escape into this celebrity culture" - Aspiring to be like them Para 2
"A slightly twisted appeal of watching someone you dislike" - Character roles are still present Para 2
"The reality television spectacle caused British people to engage with difficult issues which would perhaps not have happened if the programme had not been broadcast" - Media effects
"The on/off love affair of the 2007 run of Big Brother was a major talking point; how much Charley annoyed you was another" Para 2
"Audiences engage and chat to each other more about reality television than any other format" - Social interaction as everyone is watching Para 2
"The Apprentice created more lasting celebrity than Big Brother" - Intellecual shows hold more lasting value Para 3
"The Apprentice created more lasting celebrity than Big Brother" - Intellecual shows hold more lasting value Para 3
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