How they select a reality TV contestant

The Morning News: The Omarosa Experiment. "The producers are looking for that authenticity because they believe it’s impossible to fake who you are on camera during the course of a shoot, and they want to know exactly what they’re getting before they let you on their show.

While reality TV may not be Shakespeare, it’s at its best when viewers are drawn in by the contestants’ personalities and become invested in what will happen to them.

If reality television is a kind of social psychology experiment conducted for our entertainment, then as the stakes grow and shows continue to push the envelope, greater risks will be taken and contestants will be put into more emotionally combustible or physically challenging situations. Zimbardo’s experiment taught us how something like Abu Ghraib could happen today." I must admit, if it's done correctly, reality TV shows are undenibable entertainment for the mass. The immersion factor is too high to make or measure up for many scripted shows-because we all became media savvy to know that it's a freakin' show. Like Nascar, maybe we are awaiting for social/mental wrecks on these shows so that we can take delight in the fact that we aren't them yet we were somehow involved and a witness to the process.