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Reality TV and Romantic Perceptions

Reality TV and Romantic Perceptions. Kelsey Gorman Kendra Schwarz Codi Mast Elyse Brigham Jacqui Dennis Jamelia Banks Cara Jeffers. Literature Review. Social Cognitive Theory Not passive, but active Four Processes: Attention, Retention, Production, and Motivation

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Reality TV and Romantic Perceptions

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  1. Reality TVand Romantic Perceptions Kelsey Gorman Kendra Schwarz Codi Mast Elyse Brigham Jacqui Dennis JameliaBanks Cara Jeffers

  2. Literature Review • Social Cognitive Theory • Not passive, but active • Four Processes: Attention, Retention, Production, and Motivation • Heavy Viewers more likely to perceive real world like TV • Media encourages 3 sexual attitudes: • Men are sex driven • Women are sexual objects • Dating is a game

  3. Research Questions and Hypotheses • RQ1: Do television dating shows influence people’s perceptions on their own relationships? • RQ2: What are the motives for viewing certain reality television shows? • RQ3: Which shows attract more women and which shows attract more men? • H1: Viewers of the Bachelor have a more life-long, romantic perception of relationships. • H2: Viewers of Jersey Shore have a more short-term, superficial perception of relationships.

  4. Survey Explained • Chose to compare Jersey Shore and the Bachelor • Used personal social media and email to distribute • Demographics • Watch Jersey Shore or Bachelor or Neither • Threw out “Both”

  5. Demographics

  6. Demographics Summary of the rest • Most of our respondents were either students or employed • Almost all respondents said they watched 1-3 hours per day • Almost all respondents said 1-25 percent of the TV they watch is reality TV

  7. RQ1: Reality TV influence on dating perceptions • Perceptions/ Characteristics used:

  8. Jersey Shore Perceptions What are your perceptions of the behaviors and/or characteristics present in the show Jersey Shore? = Show What perceptions and/or characteristics are prevalent in your own personal dating life? = Personal What characteristics or behaviors do you believe represent general societal norms for dating? = Society

  9. Jersey Shore Perceptions Lowly Perceived in personal dating life Highly Perceived in personal dating life

  10. Bachelor Perceptions What are your perceptions of the behaviors and/or characteristics present in the show the Bachelor? = Show What perceptions and/or characteristics are prevalent in your own personal dating life? = Personal What characteristics or behaviors do you believe represent general societal norms for dating? = Society

  11. Bachelor Perceptions

  12. Non-watcher Perceptions What perceptions and/or characteristics are prevalent in your own personal dating life? = Personal What characteristics or behaviors do you believe represent general societal norms for dating? = Society

  13. RQ2: What are the motives for viewing certain reality television shows?

  14. RQ3: Which shows attract more women and which shows attract more men?

  15. H1: Viewers of the Bachelor have a more life-long, romantic perception of relationships.

  16. H2: Viewers of Jersey Shore have a more short-term, superficial perception of relationships.

  17. Discussion/ Conclusion • Wider range of demographics • Question design • People generally have more positive perceptions of their own personal dating life than those of reality TV programming and society. • People who watch reality TV programming are more likely to have positive perceptions of societal dating norms.

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