Joseph Singh
MCS
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
March 8,2018
Weekly Post: Digital and Reality Television
How has reality television changed the ways in which we understand human communication?
Me personally, I don’t believe in certain things. I’m a firm believer in the term, “I gotta see it to believe it.” With, I don’t 100% believe that everything on tv is true or has and real aspects about it. For example, my childhood I grew up watching Man Vs Wild which turned out to be fake after all these years. After finding that out nothing was the same. Also, after finding out about WWE not being real it had the same effect for me.
Reality tv has changed the ways in which we understand human communication in many ways like everyone wants to be a reality tv star, but don’t realize that this stuff isn’t real. Like most reality tv shows are created by producers and are acted out by people who are pretending that what the producers created is their everyday lifestyle. Furthermore, Reality television has created stereotypes. Some positive and some negative, but they can sometimes be the explanation for why certain people of different ethnicities have their beliefs.
Communication and television are kind of working hand in hand. For example, tv stations put out shows and channels, and we the viewers watch them which communicates what we do and don’t like. I feel like reality TV since it has the power to be twisted up and not be 100% true, it sorts of dictates our communication. For example, a show like the Kardashians, Say for instance Kim K gets into an accident, that would be the trending topic and topic of conversation for the next month.
