The article "The Moral Economy of person production: the class relations of self-performance on "reality" television," by Bererley Skeggs discusses how British reality television focuses on social class whereas American reality television focuses more on race. self transformation reality shows are seen quite a bit in both societies. However, British reality shows transform working class people whereas American reality shows transform middle class people. Transformation shows are popular because the audiences watching all hope to be the people undergoing transformations to better their lives. The article also plants out how morality is taught quite a few different ways in reality television. By shame and guilt, rules and advise, social mobility through self performance or measuring bodies for qualifying value. Although I believe some reality television shows instill some morality into its participants. I do not think most walk away with new found morality. For most reality shows, they teach people improper morals and do not help them better themselves at all.
The article "Frontier House: Reality Television and the Historical Experience" by Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowska discusses the reality show Frontier House which was a rare type of show that combined reality genre with an education documentary. This show is one of the few that present good morals to its participants and viewers. It helps the participants realize to be grateful for everything they have in their lives. Although it did make some couples realize they have nothing in common and are not in love, it also allowed others to reconnect with each other without the interference of technology.
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