The Hunger Games series explores a society where reality television has pushed the limits on the human condition. How far is this from our own society? Laci explores the effects of "reality" on television. Read More: Our unhealthy love of reality TV bullying http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/28/health/reality-tv-bullies/ "A red-faced Gordon Ramsay gets nose-to-nose with an older man and shouts, 'Wake up!' He calls another chef's food 'rotten.' He reduces a middle-aged woman to hysterical tears. And all that's just in the opening credits of 'Kitchen Nightmares.'" The Influence of Media Violence on Youth http://www.thepci.org/articles/anderson_Research.pdf "Research on violent television and films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long-term contexts." Does Reality Backbite? Physical, Verbal, and Relational Aggression in Reality Television Programs http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151003737931#preview "Aggression portrated realistically is more likely to be imitated than non-realistic aggression. However, despite its ultimate claim to reality, the portrayal of aggression in reality television programs has rarely been examined." Real To Me: Girls and Reality TV http://www.girlscouts.org/research/pdf/real_to_me_factsheet.pdf "Reality TV has become staple entertainment for young people and adults alike. In our survey of more than 1,100 girls around the country, we found that most popular genres of reality TV are competition (American Idol, Project Runway, etc.) and real life (Jersey Shore, The Hills, etc.)." Reality Show Viewers Are More Neurotic, Have Lower Self-Esteem, Study Finds http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/reality-show-viewers-are-more-neurotic-have-lower-self-esteem-study "People who watch non-competition reality shows are more extroverted, neurotic and have a lower self-esteem, according to a new study." Study: Reality TV Is Making Us Meaner and Meaner as a Culture http://www.newstribune.com/news/2012/sep/09/study-reality-tv-making-us-meaner-and-meaner-cultu/ "Shows like the "Real Housewives" and "Basketball Wives" are doing us no good at all, researchers say" Q&A; with Hunger Games Author Suzanne Collins http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/qa-hunger-games-author-suzanne-collins "Six years ago, a savvy audience of teachers and kids fell for the Underland Chronicles, a Wonderland-like series about a boy named Gregor who discovers a magical universe underneath New York City. Now the rest of the world has caught on to Suzanne Collins's captivating storytelling, devouring her dystopian Hunger Games trilogy." Reality Television http://www.shmoop.com/hunger-games/reality-television-symbol.html "The Hunger Games are reality television squared. With rippling walls of fire and swarms of deadly mutant hornets, the trials in the arena are kind of like Panem's version of Survivor - but deadlier. Contestants are forced to fight each other to the death in front of the cameras while the events are televised all over the country of Panem as sport." Is Reality TV Desensitizing Americans? Prof. Jonathan Nichols-Pethick Discusses Iraqi Prisoner Abuse on MSNBC http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/13459/ "Reality television, which we often associate with this coarsening of television, is part of a larger media environment that capitalizes on the routine documentation of all sorts of behaviors, from humiliation... in terms of scandalous behavior and even tragic behavior," said Jonathan Nichols-Pethick, instructor of communication arts and sciences at DePauw University..." Watch More: Too Much Media Consumption? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVWXRlhoO_I TestTube Wild Card: http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-398-baby-talk-actually-makessense?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=DNews&utm;_campaign=DNWC Sex vs. Guns on TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noWV-llPg6I ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook http://facebook.com/dnews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com

• published: 21 Nov 2013
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