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Reality Television

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 n...

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