Melanie Beltran
MCS 244
February 26, 2019
Reality television is dramatic entertaining in the eyes of those who enjoy it. The way we communicate to one another is through colloquial language. It helps the audience, in some way, become present with the people on the show that’s being filmed. In the article, “The Future of T.V.: Digital, Traditional And Something In Between” states, “…Most people can access YouTube on their T.V.s, but the reality is that most people don’t. Most people still watch YouTube on mobile or on a computer.” The content that is shown on television differs from the content on platforms like Youtube. There are still ads on Youtube as it is on television or on platforms similar to Youtube but television does not have a “skip” option. In the article, “Review: Smart We Live in Public Probes Web Genius’ Hubris” it states, “He [Harris] barricades himself and his girlfriend in a 24/7 environment streamed live, via 32 security cams, to a ‘community’ of voyeur/commenters. The website anticipated the vlogging/lifecasting phenomenon that would soon become commonplace, but footage of the couple’s humdrum spats comes as something of a letdown in the documentary.” In the show, “Big Brother” it is filmed from a third person point of view (looks like a surveillance camera) through certain angles. Essentially, the audience sees the people get vulnerable on the show and watch their confession scenes reacting to what event took place. When Harris live streamed, he, in many respects alluded to Big Brother. The audience would feel more personally connected to Harris and his crew in the bunkers. In the article, “The Messy, Confusing Future of TV? It’s Here” states, “Last quarter, nearly a million Americans dropped their pay-TV subscriptions, according to an estimate from Craig Moffett, a media analyst with MoffettNathanson. (Netflix added roughly that many new subscribers in the United States at the same time.) Young people, a group particularly coveted by advertisers, are moving away from TV especially quickly. The amount of time people under 35 spend watching traditional TV has been cut in half since 2010, according to Matthew Ball, the head of a strategy at Amazon Studios.” Traditional Television has lost its flame because the shows are probably not as interesting and the content is more fascinating on the internet. Reality Television has different content from regular television. It helps gravitate people that are interested in getting personal with the people on the show that are being live streamed or film live. It makes it more dramatic and entertaining in which ratings go up and money is being made. Reality Television has content people look forward to watching because of the feel of the audience being there with the cast mates. The drama and thrill cause people to gravitate more to it. Because regular television is boring, platforms like YouTube, gaming sites such as Twitch and Steam have broader content and appeals to people more instead. The birth of reality television came about because of the death of regular television.