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Sunday, January 16, 2011

My Definition of RTV

After hearing our discussions in class about RTV and seeing wikipedia definition of reality TV I have come to make my own conclusion on what defines RTV. I believe that any show that has an unscripted portion or a chance that anything can happen. This is worded in a confusing manner, but let me explain through examples. On the news anchors are reading from TelePrompTers, but on some occasions they can slip up and say some words that the didn't mean to say (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIOREqBcFuY). Sporting events are most definitely RTV because no one knows the outcome. The least capable underdog can defeat the juggernaut league champion. The spectrum of reality TV is extremely broad, but in my mind as long as there is a sense of unexpectedness even if it is semi scripted it can fall into the realm of reality TV.
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rosalyn said...

Great point here, and good clip to illustrate this point. To play devil's advocate here, does including sporting events and news broadcasts make the genre of RTV a little too broad? Is there any reason we might want to limit and define the definition of RTV? Is it ok for the title of the genre to be an ironic one?

January 18, 2011 at 4:56 PM

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