Would we behave differently on reality TV? If you are on TV, will you share the real you? Or will you portray someone that you wish to be. (Which I believe is what we always try and do in everyday life.) Would you want to see real people do real stuff on TV (classified as boring) or do you want them to do something interesting or exciting on TV. Reality TV needs to be defined as people play acting real roles. And we are genetically peek-a-boo inclined. We are a very curious species. (one excuse given for a century of inventions and discoveries). But what we get is a show which is marketed as real. It is not really real. The audience expectations need to change. It is just another show.
Year round, month round, week round, day round and the second starting now, it is crap all around. Dimensions of this element vary on how much you can see it. From attitudes to beliefs, characters to symbols, everything is being done for something else - often it is not said, and more than often, it is a subterfuge.To unravel the mysteries of this element, as I see it, is the intention of this pastime activity. For an extremely cynical ad executive, the blog world has called out. Crapediem!