Does (Un)reality Television Have Talent?

Reality television is enticing, entertaining, relaxing, interactive and concerns everyone: creators, viewers, advertisers, contestants. Each has their own role, their own responsibility, their own influence and their own goal. Regarding the conclusion around the question of where reality television is heading and what it can bring to humanity at all, their finding is as follows:

Problem

Reality television is enticing, entertaining, relaxing, interactive and concerns everyone: creators, viewers, advertisers, contestants. Each has their own role, their own responsibility, their own influence and their own goal. Particularly interesting is the development of reality television, which shows how interconnected individual genres are, how unclear the boundary is between what is reality and what is not.

That this is an exceptionally watched television programme in Slovenia, and especially in the world, is proven by viewing figures and profitability data. But not everything is so positive, especially if we look at the direction reality television is heading. Also due to viewers' desires and their tastes, it is becoming increasingly ** bizarre, its influence is strong. Although the creators of such programmes are aware of this, they nevertheless prioritise ** profit.

Only in second place is the question of social responsibility and ethics, which they do respect, but only as much as lax law requires of them. We reflect on all of this and seek answers in this diploma thesis. A journey full of interesting facts awaits you.

And perhaps your view of reality television will be completely different after this adventure. Or perhaps not. The diploma thesis explains that reality television is popular amongst viewers around the world and at home, despite the fact that the media market is oversaturated with it. We also establish that the phenomenon of 'reality' extends into almost all genres/types of television programmes. ** Boundaries are blurred**, there are no clear criteria for what is reality and what is not.

Creators of television content, especially reality content, must make considerable effort to convince the audience to what extent or how real their product actually is. Regardless of how hard we try to find and explain the differences between, for example, documentary films and reality shows, we find it more important to highlight what they have in common. And what is that? Direct connection with viewers and rejection of hierarchies that once prevailed. Yes, reality television in particular has a great influence on society, which is logical.

After all, it is advertised as entertainment, which means it is a reflection of ** trends** that prevail in a given period. During the creation of this work, breaking through articles, essays, books and enormous quantities of data online, they discovered primarily this: Reality television has talent especially in the sense that it confronts an individual with the removal of all the comfort they are used to (thereby in a way exposing them), places them in a new environment and waits to see what will happen. The audience gets a real person, gets the opportunity to identify, empathise or be horrified by the ** life of someone like themselves**.

Precisely because of this (and other things) the audience watches reality shows, which is also the main purpose of their creators.

Results

Regarding the conclusion around the question of where reality television is heading and what it can bring to humanity at all, their finding is as follows: Reality television has already and will certainly continue to ensure the breaking of numerous taboos, old-fashioned thinking and elitism. On the other hand, it can be treated as a crisis of standards of both TV programme creators and viewers. Creators of reality programmes will follow viewers' demands, and these, it seems, are becoming increasingly bizarre.

Take, for example, a completely fresh reality programme that will soon be broadcast on screens – the common thread of this programme will be that women (expectant mothers) give birth without modern medical assistance, in a natural environment of their own choosing and of course in front of the camera. Is this acceptable? Is this tasteful?

Is this something for the public eye? It depends on the individual. In connection with the previous paragraph, we can highlight for conclusion: In the diploma thesis they wrote that each individual is king of their own remote control. And it is true. As is also the fact that it rests on each individual's shoulders to decide how real and genuine a particular idea they see on screen is to them.