1、2300 单词， 1.3 万英文字符 ,4000 汉字 出处： Zizi Papacharissi Ph.D, Andrew L. Mendelson Ph.D. An Exploratory Study of Reality Appeal: Uses and Gratifications of Reality TV ShowsJ. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2007, 51(2):355-370. An Exploratory Study of Reality Appeal: Uses and Gratific
2、ations of Reality TV Shows Zizi Papacharissi and Andrew L. Mendelson A survey administered to reality TV viewers revealed that the most salient motives for watching reality TV were habitual pass time and reality entertainment. Additional analysis indicated that those who enjoyed reality TV the most
3、for its entertainment relaxing value also tended to perceive the meticulously edited and frequently preplanned content of reality interaction as realistic. Concurrently, those externally controlled, with low mobility and low levels of interpersonal interaction, were more likely to watch reality TV p
4、rogramming to fulfill voyeuristic and companionship Functional alternative uses of reality TV and the appeal of realistic programming were documented. For the past several years reality television has dominated mainstream television programming, providing relatively inexpensive entertainment (Gardyn
5、, 2001). The premise of reality TV requires that individuals place themselves on public display, thus forfeiting all claimsto personal privacy for the sake of transient fame and the pos-sibility of monetary compensation. Some critics argue that reality TV poses a new low denominator for television c
6、ontent, promotes models of questionable social validity, and proliferates a culture of exhibitionism and voyeurism (Dauncey, 1996; Kaminer, 2000; Reiss & Wiltz, 2004), while others find that reality TV produces more realistic prime-time content that allows producers to move away from big budget sit-com/drama formulas (Gardyn, 2001; Kilborn, 1994). Moreover, the reality model could potentially empower audiences, by allowing them to participate, directly or from home, and influence the creation of media
