Both the U.N. convention and Malaysias Child Act define a child as anyone under the age of 18.

2011 the entertainment industry output was $218 billion, only 1.45 percent of gross domestic product, according to the Bureau of conomic !nalysis. "owe#er, its impact on society is enormously outsi$ed for its meager contribution to our economy. %hat e&actly are the best of the reality shows' !re the best reality tele#ision programs the negati#e ones or the positi#e ones'

! total of eighty percent of respondents strongly agreed that the conte&t of the reality show (upernanny as well as the impro#ements in the children)s beha#ior in the program is realistic. *#erall, se#enty four percent strongly agreed that the program brought useful information into their li#ing rooms +,aneshasundaram - "enley, 200./. %ith more reality programs such as these, families can once again tune into tele#ision at ease with less worries of bad influences through negati#e broadcastings.

0arc 0arcuse, who appeared on !#erage 1oe in 2002 says, 34 thin5 if you eliminated reality 67 entirely, they)d be no change. 4t)s 8ust a symptom of what people want, good and bad. 4t 8ust reflects our society, nothing more9 +,reenfield, 2010, para. 2./. 4ndeed good and bad does e&ist in all parts of this world:

;es, there are some #ery positi#e reality tele#ision programs such as< 6he Biggest =oser> which helps people who are o#erweight shed off unhealthy pounds, ?r. .0210> helps and informs #iewers of health related issues, &treme 0a5eo#er< "ome dition> helps struggling families by gi#ing them better homes to li#e in, @lastic (urgery< Before and !fter> discusses medical issues, Antold (tories of .B.> tells of real>life emergency situations, and (upernanny> teaches parents how to discipline their misbeha#ing children in positi#e ways. 6hese are clearly the Cgood) reality tele#ision programs.

!ccording to ?r. ?rew @ins5y, a 25>year #eteran of radio and tele#ision therapy, 36he reality is people only watch things that are dramatic. @eople are drawn to dysfunctional beha#iors, but you ha#e to use that desire to watch it create opportunities to teach9 +,reenfield, 2010, para. 24/. 4t is possible that when seeing such negati#e beha#iors portrayed on reality tele#ision, one may feel content and proud that heDshe is not ma5ing a fool of himselfDherself the way the characters on the reality show are. "owe#er, the saying still goes> bad influence spoils useful habits. 6herefore, it is also possible that watching too much negati#e reality tele#ision or negati#e tele#ision in general can ha#e a negati#e effect on its #iewers.

!ccording to the author ric 1affe +2005/, 3Beality tele#ision has been #ilified as the lowest form of entertainment, a threat to intelligence, and catering to +and rising from/ the most prurient of human instinct9 +para. 2/.

0(EBF Guotes 6odd Boyd, critical>studies professor at the Ani#ersity of (outhern FaliforniaHs (chool of Finema>6ele#ision as saying I%e 5now all these shows are edited and manipulated to create images that

loo5 real and sort of e&ist in real time. But really what we ha#e is a construction. ... 6he whole enterprise of reality tele#ision relies on stereotypes. 4t relies on common stoc5, easily identifiable images.I

!ccording to an article written by ?r. 0ichelle ,olland, a mental health professional, she belie#es that reality t# can be a good thing. !s she states in her article, the shows I4nter#entionI and I*bsessedI bring us into the li#es of people suffering with mental health problems, drug and alcohol addiction, and obsessi#e>compulsi#e disorder. I4nter#entionI helps treat people who see5 help on the show and also pays for their treatment, which many of them may otherwise be unable to afford. 4t also allows us to witness the damage inflicted on e#ery person in an addictHs life and the de#astating impact on them. 6his show can help those who #iew it to reali$e they need help, or encourage a family member to stage their own inter#ention with the help of a professional, which they may ne#er ha#e had the courage to do until watching it on 67. I*bsessedI is a painful display of people who ha#e se#ere an&ieties and are see5ing treatment for them.

Beality 67 is dishonest J it pretends to show 3reality9 but it actually distorts the truth to suit the programme ma5ers. 6he shows are not really 3real9 J they are carefully cast to get a mi& of 3characters9 who are not at all typical. 0ostly they show a bunch of young, good>loo5ing self>publicists, who will do anything to get on 67. Asually the programme ma5ers try to ensure e&citement by pic5ing people who are li5ely to clash with each other. 6hey then place them in unnatural situations, such as the Big Brother house or the (ur#i#or island, and gi#e them strange challenges in order to pro#o5e them into beha#ing oddly. 4n 6he Bachelor, where a group of women compete for the affections of an eligible male, the Cintimate dates) they go on are filmed in front of any number of camera: that is not reality +@oniewo$i5, 2002/. Kinally the ma5ers film their #ictims for hundreds of hours from all angles, but only show the most dramatic parts. (electi#e editing may be used to create 3storylines9 and so further manipulate the truth of what happened.

@roducers specifically select the participants and use carefully designed scenarios, challenges, e#ents, and settings to encourage particular beha#iors and conflicts. 0ar5 Burnett, creator of (ur#i#or and other reality shows, has agreed with this assessment, and a#oids the word IrealityI to describe his shows: he has said, I4 tell good stories. 4t really is not reality 67. 4t really is unscripted drama.IL5M

(eason 12 participants 0egan @arris related, I4 donHt thin5 Lthe producersM showed any real con#ersation 4 had with anyone... 6he #iewers fail to reali$e that editing is what ma5es the show... ;ouHll hear someone ma5e one comment and then theyHll show a clip of somebodyHs face to ma5e it loo5 li5e that is their facial reaction to that statement, but really, somebody made that face the day before to something else. 4tHs 8ust piecing things together to ma5e a story.IL1NM @arris also stated that producers IbullyI and berate contestants into saying specific things to the camera that the contestants do not wish to say.L18ML1.M Kleiss stated in an

appearance on 20D20 that he de#elops the showHs contestants into characters that will cater to his audienceHs tastes and that they Ineed LtheirM fair share of #illains e#ery season.IL20ML21M *n Kebruary 24, 2012, during the filming of 6he %omen 6ell !ll episode of 6he Bachelor (eason 1O, what should ha#e been a pri#ate con#ersation between contestant Fourtney Bobertson and one of the show)s producers went public when the microphones were accidentally left on in between camera ta5es. 6he lea5ed con#ersation re#ealed the producerHs role as an acting coach who was encouraging Bobertson to fa5e certain emotions for the camera which she was not feeling.L22M

Eew ;or5 cast member Bebecca Blasband says producers paid a man $100 to as5 her out on a date, and that she terminated that plan when she learned of it. (he also says that a heated argument she and Pe#in @owell had in the se#enth episode of that season was edited to ma5e both of them appear more e&treme.L12M