Reality television shows have been around for a long time. Real life, unscripted television shows bring drama, comedy, or romance into people's homes. In view of reality television shows rising popularity and potential in marketing, the influence of these programs is of public interest. Reality television shows are very popular especially in America. Reality shows have become a fixture on American television, but are they as real as advertised? What are the ethical implications of creating or watching them? But why do people watch reality television anyway?
In the article, “Ethics and Reality TV: Should We Really Watch?” Austin Clines explains how reality TV shows are becoming bad for the society. Producers only care about the money they make of each individual show, and they only care about the views. Reality TV shows are mainly about stereotypes such as race and sexuality. The producers are not to be the only ones blamed for however the viewers and actors are to be blamed as well.
Many reality TV shows achieve a sufficient amount of fame and views because of the heavily mass of editing completed: “…People are not put into situations simply to see how they react - the situations are heavily contrived, they are altered in order to make things interesting, and large amounts of footage are heavily edited into what the show's producers think will result in the best entertainment value for viewers…” (p. 3). Reality television shows are not documentaries. It means that there is always an editing in these kind of shows.
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