The theory that best describes my topic of Reality TV would be “The Cult of the Celebrity”.  The people on these Reality TV shows are looked at as celebrities even when they are not.  Some of them might actually turn into celebrities with the help of the viewers.

            I found the analysis of this topic to be very interesting.  This allowed me to really think about how Reality TV is sometimes perceived.  This also allowed me to compare the different types of reality TV shows to one another. 

            The journal article I was assigned to analyze gave a different perspective than I would normally expect see.  I would normally expect people to pick apart the actual shows.  Mark Andrejevic decided to research the actual viewers of the shows.  This brought up some interesting points.

With Reality TV being tagged with the theory of “The Cult of the Celebrity”, we see a lot of times where Reality TV ends up exploiting the Reality TV stars.  The TV Shows edit what the viewers see of the Reality TV stars and give the audience the view that the show wants the viewers to see.

Based on my analysis, I see that Reality TV is entertaining.  I wish that people wouldn’t take it so seriously and be so critical of most of these shows.  Some people might like the competitive Reality TV shows, when others might enjoy just watching the drama of other people’s lives as they are filmed going through their days.

In the end, I will say it again, I love my Reality TV shows and I would just keep in mind that this is still just TV, not real life.