The concept of reality show is a very recent concept that is used in the field of communication media and entertainment to refer to a type of television program that is characterized by showing in a real and truthful way the different experiences that a person or a group of people have throughout their day. The idea of the reality show is precisely to avoid fiction and show a reality that is not intervened or that is in the least possible way. The reality show concept is undoubtedly one of the most controversial and discussed in recent times because it involves a certain invasion of the lives of those portrayed and a certain loss of privacy regarding their chores or intimate topics.
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, numerous programs have been developed whose objective was to show, in a documentary and real way, different aspects or themes of people’s lives, for example, the work of police officers in the streets, documentary filmmakers, games , etc. However, it is not until the 1990s that this type of television programming exploded in popularity from different programs that had the objective of showing the simple and common life of people who did not present any specialty or particularity. Some of these programs only portrayed the ordinary life of people who thus lost their privacy and intimacy without demonstrating any specific talent or ability.
The program that undoubtedly made the reality show concept a success was the one known as Big Brother or Big Brother in English. The purpose of this program is to present in competition a variable number of contestants who all they have to do is live together for a particular period of time in a house, without previously knowing each other and without maintaining any type of contact with the outside world. What happens inside the house is reproduced by an endless number of cameras, so there is no way that something can be done that is not seen by the viewers. Popular success in many countries around the world, this television format has been widely criticized for generating an artificial reality and sometimes even dangerous for the mental health of the participants.
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