I decided to jump back to the talk about Reality TV. I have two roommates who both well and myself love to watch shows on MTV like Tool Academy, Real Chance on Love, Tough Love, and DR. Drew Rehab. When I say things like ha-ha come on looking for love it's all staged my roommates get really offended. They're like no it's not, Real and Chance both really like her and oh my I wonder who he's going to send home. I'm just like are you serious you think people act like this in real life? Then I wonder wow is Reality TV really shaping our views on social groups. Then I think maybe Reality TV is just playing up the views and feelings we already have on social groups. Take Tool Academy, if you haven't seen it girlfriends bring their boyfriends to the academy to fix whatever about them makes them a tool and turns them into a gentleman. I'm like wow this is why we think all guys are the same, shows like this that showcase men cheating and lying but I realize that before these shows women talking to other women often say all men are liars and cheats (sorry guys but we do say it). This makes me think is reality TV just playing on our own stereotypes because people love to be right so when you can be like look see I knew he cheated on her does it becomes rewarding for us to watch? Also watching other people’s lives and issues makes us feel better about our own? I don't know the genre of MTV Reality just makes me wonder!
I found some statistics about who is watching Reality TV
http://www.truth-it.net/statistics_surrounding_reality_tv.html
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