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> I don't believe the social medias are that much different from what preceding generations were exposed to; TV, magazines, movies, etc all showed more idealize
by pmlnr 4y ago
> I don't believe the social medias are that much different from what preceding generations were exposed to; TV, magazines, movies, etc all showed more idealized lifestyles.
It is: TV was never meant to make you believe it's real or that someone's life is actually like that. "Reality" TV was always deliberately focused on drama.
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago'TV was never meant to make you believe it's real' 'Reality TV' is a thing
- brewdad 4y agoThe most successful ones threw people into situations that were completely unlike real life for 99.999% of the population. Survivor? Real World/Big Brother? An interview/apprenticeship with Trump with completely made-up "challenges" each week? None of these are real in any meaningful sense.
- heavyset_go 4y agoThis is ignoring the popularity of shows like The Jersey Shore or The Real Housewives of ___, which I can tell you from experience, people took as "real life" and emulated.
- heavyset_go 4y agoGrowing up, there were plenty of people who thought reality TV was how life is actually like. Same goes for sitcoms and teen dramas.