Someone is Always Watching You
Someone is Always Watching You! I have noticed that there are more and more reality television shows these days. You know, the ones where the camera intrudes upon people's private lives and records their day to day living as if the rest of us really want to see what is going on in other people's worlds! Oh wait, we DO like to do that don't we? Did you know that the recent season of The Bachelor drew 4.2 million viewers in the age 18-49 bracket? Or, that the popular Duck Dynasty opened up its new season with 11.8 million viewers? What is it about these shows that make us want to tune in each week? Is it that their lives are more exciting than ours? Do we love to see friction? romance? crazy drama? A recent article in Psychology Today proposed the following reason: "Reality TV allows Americans to fantasize about gaining status through automatic fame. Ordinary people can watch the shows, see people like themselves and imagine that they too could become cele