Editing Reality television (section)

=== Youth audience ===
In 2006, four of the ten most popular programs among viewers under 17 were reality shows.<ref name="Appeal of Reality Television">{{cite journal|title=The Appeal of Reality Television for Teen and Pre-Teen Audiences|journal=Journal of Advertising Research|date=March 2011|volume=51|issue=1|pages=288–297|doi=10.2501/jar-51-1-288-297|last1=Patino|first1=Anthony|s2cid=36976247}}</ref> Studies have shown that young people emulate the behavior displayed on these programs, gathering much of their knowledge of the social world, particularly about consumer practices, from television.<ref name="Becoming Extra-Ordinary"/><ref name="New Media Practices in China">{{cite journal|last=Wallis|first=Cara|title=New Media Practices in China: Youth Patterns, Processes and Politics|journal=International Journal of Communication|year=2011|volume=5|pages=406–436}}</ref><ref name="Media Consumption and Global Visions">{{cite journal|last=Guo|first=Ke|author2=Ying Wu|title=Media Consumption and Global Visions Among Urban Chinese Youth|journal=China Media Research|year=2009|volume=5|issue=4|pages=80–94}}</ref><ref name="It's About Audience">{{cite journal|last=Paron|first=Katina|title=It's About Audience: How Adult Audiences Can Benefit Youth Media Organizations|journal=Youth Media Reporter|year=2008|volume=2|issue=1–6|pages=87–91}}</ref> Some critics have decried the positive representation of sexually objectified women in shows like ''[[The Girls Next Door]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Battista|first1=Kathy|title=Cindy Hinant's Make-Up, Glamour and TV Show|url=http://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2012/september/19/cindy-hinants-make-up-glamour-and-reality-tv-show/|website=Phaidon|access-date=November 23, 2014|date=2012|quote=Such women are symbolic of both the triumph and failure of consumerism and popular culture, where Playboy models and reality TV stars are revered by a younger, impressionable generation.|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023065132/https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2012/september/19/cindy-hinants-make-up-glamour-and-reality-tv-show/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Barton|first1=Jennifer|title=Bunny Talk: Teenagers Discuss The Girls Next Door|date=2010|publisher=Media@ LSE, London School of Economics and Political Science|location=London|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/mediaworkingpapers/mscdissertationseries/2009/barton_final.pdf|access-date=November 23, 2014|archive-date=June 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611112611/http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/mediaworkingpapers/mscdissertationseries/2009/barton_final.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2007, according to the [[Learning and Skills Council]], one in seven UK teenagers hoped to gain fame by appearing on reality television.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jaded |newspaper=The Economist |date=January 27, 2007 |page=57}}</ref>