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Adam Padgett
ENGL 102
October 25, 2016
the views identified more with the media personalities. They also found that regular viewers had
a higher rating of perceived realness. This supports my own claim that it twists the viewers
perception of reality. It is a very recent article that was published in a peer reviewed journal. I
would say there is no strong bias because it is a survey and there can be no strong claims made, it
will only show correlation and must be viewed with proper skepticism.
Lundy, Lisa K., Amanda M. Ruth, and Travis D. Park. "Simply Irresistible: Reality TV
Consumption Patterns." Communication Quarterly 56.2 (2008): 208-225. Academic
Search Complete. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.
I added this article on consumption habits of college students to have some raw data in
my research article. This is another survey, but it addresses a few more questions the other study
on college students does not. It talks about the deceptive nature of reality television, how people
do not realize how much they consume due to the broad nature and many subgenres of reality
television as a whole. They also discuss in this article that some students claim that Reality
programs help with their problem solving skills, sometimes emulating the people they see in
these unrealistic shows. It also helps with the idea of public perception of reality television, with
many people in this study saying that these shows are negative impacts. This is an 8 year old
article, so it may be pushing it in terms of being more recent. This is a peer reviewed article from
an academic journal.
Reiss, Steven, and James Wiltz. "Why People Watch Reality TV." Media Psychology 6.4 (2004):
363-379. Academic Search Complete. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.
This 2004 study may seem outdated, but I believe its data can be applied to my more
modern research. This study attempts to answer, Why do people watch reality TV? This
study, performed at Ohio State University, surveyed adults to find out what they are expecting
emotionally from watching these programs. This article falls more on the psychology side of my
argument. This article looks into what feelings, such as vindication and a sense of superiority,
are brought up from watching reality television programs. This was an academically published
article from a major university.
Ward, L. Monique, and Corissa Carlson. "Modeling Meanness: Associations Between Reality
TV Consumption, Perceived Realism, And Adolescents' Social Aggression." Media
Psychology 16.4 (2013): 371-389. Academic Search Complete. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.
This article focuses more on social aggression, surveying the viewing habits of
adolescents, and focusing on reality programs compared to other genres. It showed a clear
correlation between aggression and perceived reality to having continued watching of reality
television programs. This is very important in how it supports my claim of emotional changes
brought about by reality television, and it supports the idea of warping views of reality with a
different age group. This is a university study that published by an academic journal that was
peer reviewed. This article was recently published in 2013, still relevant to my topic.