Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, often referred to as Laguna Beach, is an MTV reality show documenting the lives of several teenagers living in Laguna Beach, a seaside community located in Orange County, California. It differs from the usual reality show in that it is structured as a rather traditional narrative (more commonly seen in fictionalized television dramas or soap operas) than a straightforward observant documentary-style, which reality TV attempts to portray. During initial development of the show, ideas were to create a reality show which followed the lives of several wealthy teens. MTV producers thought about setting the show in Beverly Hills, mimicking the successful fictional 1990s FOX television show Beverly Hills, 90210. Producers scouted numerous other affluent Southern California towns including San Marino, Palos Verdes, Carlsbad, and Malibu before deciding to locate the show in Laguna Beach.
The Hills is an MTV television series that premiered on May 31, 2006. The show uses a reality television format, following the personal lives of several young adults living in Los Angeles, California.
Reality television programming has been the focus of much criticism because of the questionable messages some of the shows depict. While these messages can have an effect on everyone who views them, the audience that may be the most susceptible is teenagers. The most contested issues are whether reality TV is, in fact, "reality" and whether teenagers may develop perceptions from the reality shows that may lead to poor choices and negative consequences.
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Eating and Eating Disorders
The characters included in most reality television shows are attractive and physically fit. Yet, there is a clear disconnection between the food and activities in which these people partake and their appearances. As teenagers strive to be like the people they watch on television, eating disorders are a potential result. This alternate reality that teenagers have entered changes the way in which they perceive themselves and how their bodies should look.
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it used to be that the world of reality television focusing on the lives of teens went more towards the glitz and glamor of the more popular students. Whether it was "Laguna Beach: The Real O.C." or its hugely popular spin-off show "The Hills," these MTV reality shows were far more interested in presenting those who were the obvious choice for the camera spotlight. And while some of the other programming that was based in reality, like the show "Made," may have featured students from all walks of life, you weren't as likely to find an entire series devoted to someone whose interests were slightly more off the radar.
ReplyDelete"My Life as Liz" is not quite your straight-up reality show. It's more of a quasi-reality presentation where it's a little bit scripted, like a sitcom--and probably all of those other reality shows--but uses the same techniques expected from something more straight-up documentary. You're following Liz Lee, a high school student growing up in Burleson, Texas, where here interests are more towards being critical of the status quo in her town. She definitely has interests and aspirations to be liked, but is also focused on pointing out the shortcomings of the mentality of those at school, as well as the town in general.
ReplyDelete" Yeah, they're telling exactly what happened. We don't have writers on this show. We make our own decisions; we say what we want to say. That's who we are. People can sit back and say it's real, it's fake, but at the end of the day to me this is real because this is my life. " LC
ReplyDeleteThere must be something drawing so many viewers in each week.
I think we're relatable. We really are very lucky, the lives we live — we get to live in L.A., it's very glamorous, we have great jobs, and we have a lot of fun — but at the same time, no matter how great our lives are, we're still going to deal with the same problems as anybody else.