真人秀节目在中国走红分原因析论文(英文版)

TheReasonsWhyRealityShowsCanMakeSuchaHitinRecentChina真人秀节目近期在中国走红的原因分析Students:Course:Instructor:Date:CoursePaperGrade2014IntroductionInrecentyears,realityshowshavebeenmoreandmorepopularinChina,suchastheVoiceofChina,RunningMan,DadWherearewegoingandsoon.Eachofthemhasalargenumberofaudience.Andnowwemaywonder:howcanthiskindofshowsgetsuchabigsuccessandwhypeoplepreferwatchingthiskindofprograms.ThenI’llanalyzethisphenomenonfromthesefouraspectsstatedbelow:Psychologyofaudience;Theneedoftelevisionprograms’development;TheuniqueCharacteristicsofrealityshows;Internationalinfluence.Ineachaspect,Iwillmakeadetailedanalysis.Besides,I’llgivesuggestionstothedevelopmentofrealityshows.Afterdiscussingthetotalfactorsabove,Iwilldrawafinalconclusiontothequestionraisedinthebeginning.Partone:Whatisarealityshow?Realityshow(alsoknownasrealitytelevision)isatelevisionprogramminggenrethatpresentsunscriptedandhumoroussituations,featuringordinarypeopleinsteadofprofessionalactors.Ithasthreemaincharacteristics:documentary,conflictsandgameplay.Livebroadcastingandauthenticityareemphasizedintherealityshowssothattherearenoscriptsandactinginthem.Anyparticipantsanddirectorsdon’tknowwhatwillhappennextandwhattheendingwillbe.Parttwo:OriginofrealityshowTheoriginofrealityshowscandatebacktotheendofthelastcentury.TheshowcalledBigBrothercameoutinHollandin1999,whichplacesagroupofstrangersinthesameroomthatisequippedwithcamerasandcamcorders,recordingalltheactionofthesepeopleandplayingthevideosfortheaudience.BigBrotheropenedthebeginningofrealityshowsandnotlongafterit,manykindsofrealityshowssprangupallovertheworld.Partthree:BriefintroductionofthecurrentsituationinChinaThestartofrealityshowsisnotlateinChina.Butitwasintheyearof2012thatthiskindofshowsreachedtherealmeaningofprosperity,whichbecameasocialandculturalphenomenon.AccordingtoYouchengTechnology,afamousmassdataanalysiscompany,theaveragebuzzindexoftheclassicalrealityshowGoFightinginJuly2015is128224,whilethehighestofthismonthevenreached600824asthefollowingpictureshows(YouchengCompany2015).Besides,in2015therewillbenearly200differentkindsofrealityshowsbroadcastinginChina,whichis5timesmorethanlastyear.Picture1:buzzindexofGoFightingPartfour:ReasonsofthepopularityThereasonswhyrealityshowscanmakesuchahitinrecentChinacanbedividedintofourparts.4.1.Psychologyofaudience:Curiosityisthenatureofhumans.Peoplearenaturallycuriosaboutthethingshe/sheiseagertoknow,especiallyfortwodifferentgroupsofpeoplesuchasgeneralpeopleandpopularstars,whichisdrivenbytwototallydifferentkindsoflifestylesincludingliving,workingandevenacting.Asforstars,weareusedtotheirpublicimagesbecausethattheyareusuallyarrangedtodothingsandoftenactarolebetterthanwhathe/shereallyisinthereallife.Inthiscase,the“realface”ofastariswhatweextremelywanttoknow.AresearchbyYahooontheInternetshowsthatabout87.93percentpeoplelikewatchingrealityshowsforthereasonthattheywanttoknowtherealcharactersofthestars(Smiling园儿2015).Besides,grouppsychologyisanotherkeypoint.Itmeansthatunderthepressureofgroupaction,individualstendtofindasolutiontosolvetheconflictsbetweengroupsandthemselvessothattheycanhaveasenseofbelongingandsecurity.Thatmeansifthemajorityhasfalleninlovewithsomepopularshows,theminoritywillbedeeplyinfluenced.ThenextpointcomestoSelf-identification.Peoplewiththesamebackground,hobbies,andexperienceoftenstaytogetherbecausetheywanttobewiththepeoplewhoaresimilartothem.Thisfactcanbecalledself-identification.Whenitcomestotherealityshows,someparticipantsoftheprogramscomefromgeneralfamiliesinsteadofsuperstars.Theyjoinintheshowbecausetheywanttopursuetheirdreamsorit’sjusttheirhobbies.Whenaudiencearewatchingtheirperformance,theywillfindtheirshadowsonthescreenandthiscankeepthemwatchinguntiltheresultcomesout.Thisself-identificationencouragesmoreandmorepeopletowatchtherealitysothattheycanfind“themselves”onthescreen.4.2Theneedoftelevisionprogram’sdevelopmentThehistoryoftelevisionisabout90yearsandtherearedifferentkindsofTVprogramsthatattractdifferentkindsofpeople.DuringthedevelopmentofTVprograms,manyentertainmentcompaniesaretryingtocreatenewkindsofshowsthatareappealtomostaudiencesothattheycanreachhighaudienceratingsandearnmoremoney.SincetheBigBrothergetsuchsuccess,manyprogramsarefollowedbythistype.InChina,afterthehugeresponsecreatedbySuperGirls,moreandmorerealityshowssprangupyearbyyearandthenumberoftheseshowsevenreachalmost200thisyear(2015).Thisphenomenoncanberegardedasaninevitabilityduringthedevelopmentoftelevisionprograms.4.3TheuniquecharacteristicsofrealityshowsThecreativityofrealityshowsisanotherkeythatmakethemselvessuchasuccessbecausethefiercecompetitionamongsomanysimilarprogramsforcethedirectortocomeupwithcreativeideassothathecanmakehisprogramswelcomedbymostpeople.AsforRunningManinChina,thememberteamandthemysterioushonoredguestsaretwofactorsthatmakethisshowsplendidandattractive.Inaddition,differentthemesofRunningManalsoenhanceitsappeal,suchasthelegendofwhitesnake,savingthepeonyfairy,theconflictbetweenChuandHan,etc.Thisfullymeettheentertainmentpsychologyofaudience.4.4Internationalin