Impact of Reality Shows on Society — A Study in Gulbarga City

An attempt has been made to explore the opinions of the students, research scholars, homemakers and the teaching faculty regarding their consumption patterns of reality television, their rationale for watching reality shows, their perceptions of the situations portrayed on these shows. The impact of these shows on the society was also studied on the basis of the responses received from a sample of 100 respondents in the city of Gulbarga, Karnataka. Results reveal interesting information on the types of television programmes viewed, the ratings of the most watched reality shows and their impact on society. The nationwide criticism that Reality Shows on TV succeed in hiding the socioeconomic realities in India is not wholly ignored in this study.