The other day I was searching for info about reality TV shows for a paper I'm writing for another class. I came across this article that talked about the negative effects of having a camera around children. It said that, "Nobody wants to watch normal behavior. Kids have to be co-conspirators to get the camera to stay on." And talked about the fact that people, like the family of "Balloon Boy" are often "damaged goods." It does seem that reality TV shows are often full of messed up people, desperate for attention. Even still, they get exploited. A woman who was on Wife Swap, "said that it took a year to recover from the humiliation and depression" of having footage of her family being severely edited.
Thinking about this article made me realize that when TVs first came out, most people probably never dreamed of having a camera crew in their house to film them so they could be on a TV show. It seems that a few decades ago, being on TV was probably a really big deal and the thought of a camera in one's house would be very strange.
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