Summary Package 1

Write an account of what is reality television, explain its popularity and its future
prospects. (25m)

USE ONLY MATERIALS FROM PARAGRAPHS 3 to 16.

Your summary, which must be in continuous writing (not note form) must not be longer than 150 words, excluding the 10 words given below.

Begin your summary as follows:

Reality television, dominating the tube right now, is about the …

Reality television, dominating the tube right now, is about the real behavior of people getting insulted or humiliated. These shows are cheap to produce and actors are paid highly. These programmes seem much more familiar. This is why reality shows are everywhere, exposing something personal. People are nosy in nature. These shows erase the boundaries between the public and the private. Reality shows are like sports. They are unreal yet surprising at times. Producers of the shows create ideas to attract more people into watching and embarrassment or disappointment is part of the process. Key moments are obviously staged and this could be a new way to tell a story. Thus, it will be a masterpiece of the form. The history of television is nothing if not a series of graveyards of popular forms of programming that eventually went bankrupt. In time, producers will be forced to add gimmicks, until they eventually go completely over the top resulting in losing their viewers and advertisers.