ADDITIONAL WEB QUOTES

1) "Reality TV has become an important part of celebrity culture as it creates and maintains ‘celebs’ such as Jade Goody, and reinvigorates faded personalities in reality shows such as I’m a Celebrity Get Me out of Here. " - http://media.edusites.co.uk/index.php/article/understanding-reality-tv/

2) “It is its own pure simulacrum in which the distinctions between ‘real life’ and its media representations have become blurred”. -http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/_mmagpast/RealityTV.html

3) “the border between popular culture and reality has vanished as both have collapsed into the universal simulacrum” -http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/_mmagpast/RealityTV.html

4) “we value a ‘simulated real’ over what is real” - http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/_mmagpast/MM30_simul.html

5) "Indeed, there appears to be a quest for self-validation in this type of programming, which in turn makes the celebrities appear somehow “ordinary.” -http://flowtv.org/2005/03/im-a-celebrity-analyse-me-the-appeal-of-celebrity-reality-tv/


6) "while media technology challenges the distinction between the real and the simulated, the way in which these technologies are embedded in our lives reinforces traditional structures of society and culture"- http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/_mmagpast/MM30_hyperreality.html

7) "It is useful to explore the nature of voyeurism in relation to Reality TV and the concerns that give rise to this type of viewing experience. Some contestants manipulate the fact that they are being observed to gain prominence, or to get some sort of advantage"- http://media.edusites.co.uk/index.php/article/understanding-reality-tv/

8) "There is just something fun about watching celebrities out of their usual element"-http://reality-tv.lovetoknow.com/Category:Celebrity_Reality_Shows

9) "Reality TV is like drama in the way it is edited for interpersonal drama based on detailed exploration of character" .
http://media.edusites.co.uk/index.php/article/understanding-reality-tv/

10) "Reality TV is like a talk show as it is a way of reflecting on social issues"- http://media.edusites.co.uk/index.php/article/understanding-reality-tv/

11) "Reality TV exploits the unpredictability and excitement that other areas of television have lost".- http://media.edusites.co.uk/index.php/article/understanding-reality-tv/

12) "Reality is constructed within a genre that claims to give the audience the ‘truth’ as it actually happened"- http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/_mmagpast/MM30_simul.html

13) "The success of reality TV is partly due to the increasingly voyeuristic nature of the society in which we live, and in part due to the obsession with celebrity and everyone wanting to be one" - http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/_mmagpast/RealityTV.html

14) "global phenomenon"- http://ezinearticles.com/?What-is-the-Best-Reality-TV-Star-Endorsed-Perfume?&id=4876861

15) "An unhealthy obsession with celebrity culture is damaging the academic success of British students"- http://nitawriter.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/celebrity-culture-the-greatest-peril/


16) It is like a documentary as it is a factual form concerned with investigating human behaviour and relationships using ‘fly-on-the-wall’ camera techniques.
http://media.edusites.co.uk/index.php/article/understanding-reality-tv/