reality television

Over the last two years reality based television shows have become increasingly popular as millions of viewers' tune in weekly to watch programs such as Survivor. Taking place in the Australian outback, Survivor is a television show depicting sixteen "real people" divided into two teams of eight, the Kutcha tribe and the Ogakor tribe. Facing extreme and unusual circumstances these individuals must learn to co-exist as they endure exceptional physical, emotional and mental challenges, ultimately …

…becomes "oriented" towards others. For example, one castaway Kimmi is a very strict vegetarian however, for an immunity challenge she forced herself to eat a worm that fell on the ground no less, in order not to cost her team the challenge. This is obviously something that Kimmi would otherwise never do yet, she compromised her values and believes in order to avoid being seen as a liability by her fellow tribe members. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**