How does reality television relate to and affect people who watch it? What makes reality television shows so popular? What is the largest archetype that you see being used in reality television shows?
I think that reality television does affect people. I think that many people find it entertaining, and then there are some people who see a reality show, and try to become someone that they saw on that show. I think that reality shows are so popular because people can relate themselves to the people on the show. I think that some of the reality shows on MTV are more directed at the people in their early twenties. The most common archetypes in reality television are the group of people who are competing for money. There are a lot of reality shows that have people of many ages on them.
I don't think "people who are competing for money" is really an archetype. All of the people on certain shows, like Survivor or Project Runway, would fit that category. Archetypes in this case need to focus on personality traits you see repeated on the shows.
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