Reality TV---Dehumanizing?

Dehumanizing TV
The term “Reality TV?is a classic marketing label. It has nothing to do with reality, but the media uses the term, so it sticks. It is an extended game show, or “human experiment calling itself something else,?that zooms in on the small percent of privacy within the common individual, destroying the ideals of human dignity (Ford). These new ‘reality?shows have warped humanization by “plastering? imperfect lives, nasty arguments, and aberrant hook-ups all over public television in series such as “Survivor? “Big Brother? and “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire??(Quindlen). Entertainment today no longer promotes lighthearted humor and family values. Through ‘reality TV?people want to see others succumb to their fears for money—not survival. If dehumanization reduces human beings from civil to savage, then reality TV dehumanizes; if indignation is the twinge of shame at the loss of privacy, then reality TV is damaging to human dignity. Therefore, it can be...