THE RTUALZED NORMS OF

TELEVSON'S "REALTY GAMES

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auo|enoe parr|o|par|on"
A quote by a television anohorman oommentating on the 1969 Apollo moon
touohdown.
1he subgenre of gamedoos" oonoentrates on the adoptions of doousoaps.
Uoousoaps - A Uooumentary that follows a group of people in a oertain profession
around, through their professional and sometimes personal lives. lt is a form
of Reality 3how that shows real people, unsoripted, doing day-to-day things.
3ome foous on the typioal subjeots of other, others are more about the interpersonal
relationships and the potential for drama among the members of the ensemble

An Example oI Docusoaps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?vmFHYLwoqWUs&Ieaturerelated
amples:
1he Real world.
A sitoom that was first broadoasted in 1992.
A new wave in media that reformed it's generation
http://video.tvguide.oom/v1+All+Aooess/Ruthie+Aloaide+1he+Real+world+awaii/
428741?autoplay=true
%he promotion oI speciIic norms oI behavior is what makes reality %' a success.
What we watch on television has been careIully decided upon the general public by means oI Ior
instance, who or what is socially relevant, by means oI what is accepted, pleasurable, meaningIul
and what is not.


hapter 4 also states the faot that in gamedoos what develops is not so muoh as self but as meo|a se|f"
what is the media self?
A formal oharaoterization within a performer that is to represent it's gamedoo.
1he leading theorist of rituals and norms, Roy Rappaport, defined the performanoe of suoh formal aots and
utteranoes not entirely enooded by the performers.
Basioally:
Aotors perform ideas that are formed to oreate an image of the dooudrama/gamedoo but are not neoessarily
aware as to why they are doing them.
ample:
3oripted Reality 1v (1he ills, 16 & Pregnant, 1he Real world)
ditors, Uireotor
http://www.youtube.oom/watoh?v=7kpjq21K3g&feature=related
Rituals within gamedoos inolude:
Power (who is sooially relevant, i.e., 1he Kardashians, 1he ills)
http://www.youtube.oom/watoh?v=ss59yuu2u