Evolution Of Entertainment Industry – More Emphasis On Eyeballs And TV Ratings Today

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Desire for entertainment is a basic need that differentiates man from animals. Animals work in an instinctive manner and focus on their needs. They hunt to eat and survive. There is very little scope for pleasure and entertainment in their lives. They are just not built that way.

On the other hand, the human being has come a long way from the battle with nature and lives a life today that not only focus on survival but on something more than mere animal existence. Entertainment, amongst other things, makes a huge difference to the quality of life of the individual.

It would not be incorrect to say that each and every activity of man is directed towards entertainment. We don’t need to earn a lot of money just to survive on good quality food and basic requirements. However, we go ahead and try to earn a lot more money so that we can enjoy the good things in life, which invariably are related to entertainment.

From a trip to a baseball game in town to a quiet and private dinner for you and your spouse-anything can be defined as entertainment. However, if one considers entertainment as an industry, any and every activity which has an audience and which helps individuals enjoy motions is classified as entertainment. That is why we have soap operas that cater to those who love emotional and mushy stuff. A sport is a perennial favorite for the athletic and aggressive individuals. Music and reality shows have become very popular because they provide peak into the life of celebrities and other individuals who were considered unapproachable in the past.

 

 

 

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Reality TV – Insight and Exploitation

Sinces its inception, television as an entertainment medium has been in a state of constant evolution, from the early live broadcasts to the birth of scripted drama – TV has seen a variety of vogues over its lifetime.

One of the most controversial of these has to be the genre now known as reality TV. Starting its life as an attempt for true to life documentation of a situation, the reality format has since metamorphosed into something that, at its exremes, many now consider to be either grotesque or exploitative.

Reality TV is a general term that is used to describe any programming that takes as its main feature the unscripted action of a set of subjects. While at the tamer end of the scale the reality TV genre offers up documentaries that provide an insight into worlds that the view may not otherwise see, the genre also includes a number of offerings that are much less worthy.

With the prolifeation of cable and satellite television channels, there is more and more  demand for programming to fill in schedule slots – and reality TV offers a relatively inexpesive way for producers to create shows to fill these spaces.

Low level reality TV production often involves the placement of subject in situations where the darkest areas of their lives and emotions are held up to the scrutiny and ridicule of audiences. With chat shows offering participants an opportunity to air their dirty laundry in public under the guise of providing guidance, and reality based gameshows tempting people to air the least appealing sides of their nature with the lure of a desirable prize.

Love it or hate it – reality TV looks set to stay.

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