Week 12

Week 12

Hi Guys. This is my final post.
My blog contributions: week 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,12 Please comment on. Thank you.
Hope you guys final assignment going well. (*^__^*)

1. How ‘real’ are game shows? / How ‘real’ is reality TV?

Game shows are a category of reality TV. Nowadays, Game shows become a popular. As Hill (2005) identified “the reality gameshow has become an international bestseller since its arrival in 2000” (pp. 31). Watching the game shows is one entertainment of ordinary people. There are many popular gameshows, such as Big Brother, Survivor.
A lots of people like watching game shows because it is ‘real’. This means you can join the show if you want.
For example, Hill (2005) cited Costera Meijier and Reesink (2000) described Big Broth “the voluntary locking up of nine people during a hundred days in a house, watched continuously by 24 television cameras, to which the viewers, at the intercession of the inmates, once in two weeks vote against one of the inmates who has to leave the house, until the last person to stay in can be called a winner” (pp. 31). Therefore, when audience watching the show, they will think it same to real life, no dress rehearsal and no script. Maybe they will want to join the show after watching. It is possible. Therefore, these game shows are ‘real’.

2. How does new-media (the internet, cell-phone technology, etc) play a significant role in the success of reality TV, as well as cult TV series such as Buffy?

New-media is an important tool of spread reality TV. It play a significant role in the success of reality TV.
For example, game shows, a point of that is most of game shows have prize. The prize not just for winner, sometimes they will set some prize for lucky audience. It is a method of increasing the view market share. Hill (2005) mentioned the format of Big Brother worked with converging media, such as websites and telephones, only added to its strong economic performance in the television marketplace (pp. 31).
With the successful of these game shows, new-media played a great role. The audience use website to communicate with others and put their views online. Hill (2005) states with the popular of Big Brother, for the website, it received 3 million pages impressions each day.

References

Hill, A. (2005) The reality genre. In A. Hill, Reality TV:Audiences and Popular Factual Television. (pp. 14 – 40). Oxon: Routledge.