The Uses and Gratifications of Life-Based Reality Television among Chinese College Students
Abstract
The study explores what satisfaction viewers obtain by watching life-based reality shows. In the article, anonymous questionnaire will be administered to college students and participants will complete surveys regarding their reasons for watching life-based programs. The study assumes that watching the life-based reality show Back to Field is positively correlated to five factors, including perceived reality, vicarious participation, social utility, passing time, and personal utility. The comprehension of audiences’ gratifications in this study will carry practical implications for the television industry.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Barton, K. (2009). Reality Television Programming and Diverging Gratifications: The. Influence of Content on Gratifications Obtained. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 53(3), 460–476.
Moorti, S., & Ross, K. (2004). Reality television: Fairy tale of feminist nightmare? Feminist Media Studies, 4(2), 203–205.
Nabi, R. L., Biely, E., Morgan, S., & Stitt, C. (2003). Reality-based television programming and the psychology of its appeal. Media Psychology, 5(4), 303–330.
Barton, K. M. (2013). Why We Watch Them Sing and Dance: The Uses and Gratifications. of Talent-Based Reality Television. Communication Quarterly, 61(2), 217–235.
Chen, W. C., Zeng, X. J., Long, J. Emotion arousal and value reconstruction of life-based shows from the perspective of Back to Field. North Media Research ,2019(02):74-76 (in Chinese).
Lundy, L. K., Ruth, A. M., & Park, T. D. (2008). Simply irresistible: Reality TV. consumption patterns. Communication Quarterly, 56, 208–255.
Ferris, A. L., Smith, S. W., Greenberg, B. S., & Smith, S. L. (2007). The content of reality. dating shows and viewer perceptions of dating. Journal of Communication, 57(3), 490–510.
Papacharissi, Z., & Mendelson, A. L. (2007). An exploratory study of reality appeal: Uses and gratifications of reality TV shows. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 51(2), 355–370.
Nabi, R. L., Stitt, C. R., Halford, J., & Finnerty, K. L. (2006). Emotional and cognitive. predictors of the enjoyment of reality-based and fictional television programming: An elaboration of the uses and gratifications perspective. Media Psychology, 8(4), 421–447.
Hall, A. (2006). Viewers’ perceptions of reality programs. Communication Quarterly, 54, 191–211.
Katz, E., Blumler, J. G., & Gurevitch, M. (1974). Uses and gratifications research. Public. Opinion Quarterly, 37, 509–523.
Blumler, J. G. (1979). The role of theory in uses and gratifications research. Communication Research, 6, 9–36.
Rubin, A. M. (1984). Ritualized and instrumental television viewing. Journal of Communication, 34, 67–77.
McQuail, D. (1987). Mass communication theory: An introduction, 2nd ed. London: Sage.
Papacharissi, Z., & Rubin, A.M. (2000). Predictors of Internet use. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 44, pp.175-196.
Patino, A., Kaltcheva, V. D., & Smith, M. F. (2012). Adolescent Motivations for Reality Television Viewing: An Exploratory Study. Psychology & Marketing, 29(3), 136–143.
Reiss, S., & Wiltz, J. (2004). Why people watch reality TV. Media Psychology, 6(4), 363–378.
Andrejevic, M. (2003). Reality TV: The work of being watched. Lanham, MD: Rowman &. Littlefield Publishers.
Oliver, M. B., & Armstrong, C. B. (1995). Predictors of viewing and enjoyment of. reality-based and fictional crime shows. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 72(3), 559–570.
Bagdasarov, Z., Greene, K., Banerjee, S., Krcmar, M., Yanovitzky, I., & Ruginyte, D. (2010). I Am What I Watch: Voyeurism, Sensation Seeking, and Television Viewing Patterns. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 54(2), 299–315.
Shade, D. D., Kornfield, S., & Oliver, M. B. (2015). The Uses and Gratifications of Media Migration: Investigating the Activities, Motivations, and Predictors of Migration Behaviors Originating in Entertainment Television. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 59(2), 318–341.
Wei, R., & Tootle, C. (2002). Gratifications of reality viewing: Antecedents and consequences. Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Miami Beach, FL, August 2002.
Cooper, R., & Tang, T. (2009). Predicting Audience Exposure to Television in Today’s. Media Environment: An Empirical Integration of Active-Audience and Structural Theories. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 53(3), 400–418.
Hesse-Biber SN and Leavy P. (2010). The Practice of Qualitative Research, 2nded. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Steiner, E., & Xu, K. (2020). Binge-watching motivates change: Uses and gratifications of streaming video viewers challenge traditional TV research. Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 26(1), 82–101.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18686/mcs.v3i2.1375
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
