“Here, in short, are people becoming famous for doing nothing much at all, but doing it where everyone can see them.” This quote, taken from the article “Reality TV: a dearth of talent and the death of morality” unfortunately describes the society we live in. When we come home and turn on our TVs we often give our attention to people who quite frankly don’t deserve it. It’s also shocking to see that this article, which was written in 2001, is still relevant today. The article brings up the idea of Reality TV as an inverted ethical universe, which lead me to an interesting question on society, how different would popular culture be if TV portrayed real meaningful values like “modesty, decency, intelligence, humor, selflessness”. If we looked to Reality TV and saw these values in the “contestants” would these same values then be more prevalent in our every day lives across the people we meet? I guess this also shows the effect that Reality TV as a form of pop culture has on society’s values.
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