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Reality TV: Just Entertainment or is it Causing People to Pursue Conflicts in Their Lives? What began as a new form of entertainment with The Real World in the 1990s, has progressed to become reality TV, a questionable influence to millions throughout the country. The specific sub-genre of documentary-style reality television, such as Jersey Shore and 16 and Pregnant, follows the lives of either regular people or celebrities, showing their everyday activities. These shows contain a lot of…

Jan 30, 2016-The Nepali rap scene has discovered its most recent rising star. Yodda, a youthful Nepali craftsman living abroad, with his most recent single, is as of now knocking some people's socks off. The track, titled Malai Baal, which in Nepali slang freely interprets into "I couldn't care less", is one of the first and couple of case of a Nepali craftsman making music in a hip-bounce sub-sort known as trap music. Also, the oddity is invigorating. Trap began in the famously perilous and…

Personality Tests and Their Purpose According to the textbook, Life-Span Human Development, 7th edition, by Carol Sigelman, on page 348, “personality is often defined as an organized combination of attributes, motives, values, and behaviors unique to each individual.” By now, most people have come to realize that each individual they encounter is distinctive from them, and rarely resembles another human being they have confronted. In this essay, I will be discussing how personality contributes…

MTV: The Development of Real World Real World is a reality television show that was launched after a documentary series, An American Family, aired in 1973 on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). According to Wikipedia, there are currently 32 seasons and 591 episodes. The first episode aired in 1992 and new episodes continue to be broadcasted, which makes Real World the longest-running program on MTV. In addition to this, the show is also said to be the longest-running reality series in history…

considered a mortal sin for a band to license¬¬¬ their music for use in an advertisement? Those days are long gone. Inevitably, the world evolves and those who refuse to conform to the new standard are left in the dust wondering how they steered wrong. MTV changed everything when it first aired; Napster did the same two decades later; Apple continued the trend with the introduction of the iPod and iTunes. Artists need to keep up with the exponentially changing way that the public gets exposed to…

A good example? MTV Movie Awards is an annual show hosted by different celebrities . People vote for their favourites online and sometimes the award categories can be quite strange, such as "Best Death". The nominees gather in the audience and the winners are called up on the stage to say an acceptance speech. They are recorded and streamed on the internet for the whole world, so they are expected to behave properly, although that is not always the case. Last month, during the Movie Awards,…

The world we currently live in is based on an amalgamation of ideas, where some achieve exponential success whilst others fade into obscurity. Malcolm Gladwell, through his book “Tipping Point” addresses the magic moment when these ideas cross the threshold and spread like wildfire (Gladwell, Preface). Moreover, he asserts that there are a number of factors that are at play in virtually every influential trend, ranging from the rise and decline of Airwalk shoes to an alarming escalation in…

When we think of major music events that are viewed by many young adults, the MTV Video Music Awards comes to mind. But who could have imagined that in 2013 roughly 10.1 million people would tune in the watch the “public sexual blossoming of Miley Cyrus”. (Deadline, 2013) “About five million of these viewer ages ranged from 12 to 34” which is a time when many people are still forming their identity. (Deadline, 2013) This was not the only shocking display from a female artist. Singers Lady Gaga…

Eighties had it all MTV, Michael Jackson, and Madonna the three big M’s of the Eighties, they influenced an Era and defined a generation. MTV blew into the Eighties like a hurricane and it rocked a generation. There were very few channels that played music videos; and there had never been one that played them 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Many artist would have remained unknown if not for MTV. There were very few outlets for musical artist if the radio refused to play their music. MTV blazed a…

The MTV supernatural TV Series “Teen Wolf” wrapped up the fifth season last month and ever since the curtains came down, rumors have been swirling around about the upcoming sixth season. Fans of the teen drama are busy in guessing games and it is being said that season six will be the last season. Well, nothing has been officially announced by the television network. What has come out is the title of the premiere episode and it goes by the name of “Memory Lost”. According to reports, showrunner…