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How Real is "Reality TV"?

Nowadays television takes a lot of time because of diversity of programs proposed. One is able to find something according to his demands and preferences. TV gives the audience the views about current matters of the world and news about changes brought to society. One cannot resist the influence television carries, so he falls under the beauty of the staged programs. One of the most popular types of these programs is reality TV, which gives the ability to relax and spend some time watching the lives of actors on screen. People are not likely to watch programs of not ...

Abstract

This paper describes polls and survey methods using the examples of three types of polls, namely entertainment survey, political survey and general survey. The paper will also briefly describe the business application of polls and surveys. In conclusion the paper will present a small-scale survey devised by the author to showcase understanding of the subject.

Introduction

This paper presents a lecture on that describes how entertainment polls or surveys are conducted. For the purposes of this paper I have chosen the article from PR Newswire dated 4th April 2016 which describes a consumer survey conducted by E-Score that determined who ...

Reality television has become one of the most popular genres of entertainment in American society over the past two decades. This genre of television, wherein groups of real people are followed with cameras in a documentary-style format takes many forms - often they are in the form of a game or competition that will eliminate contestants one by one until a winner is revealed. While the authenticity of the events in reality shows is often disputed, the impact of these shows cannot be overstated - millions of Americans watch reality shows on a regular basis, to the point where they are the highest ...