a) Thesis: Reality television cannot be taken as real because there are many different aspects that make it unlike the real world including the people, the settings, the forced emotions, the editing, and the scripts.
b) Necessary steps for argument: I'm not really sure what this part is asking... In preparing to defend my thesis, I searched for a lot of supporting evidence. When using this evidence in my paper, I tried to write good analyzations of it so that it would obvious to the reader how the evidence backs up by thesis. In my paper, I analyze the people, the places, the scripts, the editing, the voiceovers, and the presence of cameras and how all these factors contribute to making reality TV unlike real life.
c) Types of sources: Some of my sources are books and some are internet articles. I have also used a video clip to get more information about editing in reality TV. All of the internet articles that I am using back up my thesis. The books I found have a different focus regarding reality TV but they make some points that are relavent to what I am writing about.
d) My favorite source is the one that attacks The Hills. It makes fun of everything. It bashes how Lauren got her job, how she didn't get fired, and how everything is scripted.
e) One interesting thing that I learned from my topic: I learned a lot more about reality TV shows in general. Now when I watch them, I can't stop laughing because I can sort of tell where it has been manipulated. Specifically from Reality is Only An Illusion, Writers Say, I learned that the writers that are used for reality shows are not called writers. Instead they are referred to as "story editors." I thought this was really funny because they are trying to cover their tracks.
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