Why People Watch Reality TV

By Steven P. Reiss, J. Wiltz. 2004

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Subfields: Literature and Literary Theory, Marketing, Social Psychology

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Emotional and Cognitive Predictors of the Enjoyment of Reality-Based and Fictional Television Programming: An Elaboration of the Uses and Gratifications Perspective (2006, background): “Relatedly, Reiss and Wiltz (2004) examined the association of 16 basic human motives with reality TV viewing, concluding that the motivation to feel self-important is the most strongly associated with reality TV consumption.”
Media Enjoyment as Need Satisfaction: The Contribution of Hedonic and Nonhedonic Needs (2011, background): “2 Sensitivity theory (Reiss & Wiltz, 2004) and uses and gratifications theory (Katz, Gurevitch, & Haas, 1973) have both defined enjoyment more explicitly as the satisfaction of needs.”
Perceptions of the Authenticity of Reality Programs and Their Relationships to Audience Involvement, Enjoyment, and Perceived Learning (2009, unknown): “Several researchers have begun to investigate the program features and viewer attributes that are associated with enjoyment of or exposure to reality programs (e.g., Hall, 2006; Hill, 2005; Nabi, Biely, Morgan, & Stitt, 2003; Nabi, Stitt, Halford, & Finnerty, 2006; Reiss & Wiltz, 2004).”
An Exploratory Study of Reality Appeal: Uses and Gratifications of Reality TV Shows (2007, background): “Some critics argue that reality TV poses a new low denominator for television content, promotes models of questionable social validity, and proliferates a culture of exhibitionism and voyeurism ( Dauncey, 1996 ; Kaminer, 2000 ; Reiss & Wiltz, 2004 ), while others find that reality TV produces more”
The Relationship between Traditional Mass Media and “Social Media”: Reality Television as a Model for Social Network Site Behavior (2010, background): “It focuses on the (purportedly) unscripted interaction of nonprofessional actors often framed as “ordinary people” ( Reiss & Wiltz, 2004 ).”
The Addictive Potential of Television Binge Watching: Comparing Intentional and Unintentional Binges (2017, methodology): “Guided by the DSMM, and drawing from more microlevel theories such as uses and gratifications (Rubin, 2009) and sensitivity theory (Reiss & Wiltz, 2004), the present study proposes impulsivity will predict TV binge watching frequency.”
Gender, Sexual Affect, and Motivations for Internet Pornography Use (2008, background): “People may have varying motivations for media use and, in turn, different motivations may lead to different media/content preferences and different patterns of media consumption ( Hall, 2005 ; Perse & Rubin, 1990 ; Reiss & Wiltz, 2004 ).”
Defining Media Enjoyment as the Satisfaction of Intrinsic Needs (2010, methodology): “SDT and entertainment research Evidence supporting the utility of defining enjoyment as the satisfaction of needs is apparent in four studies by Ryan et al. (2006). Their research is the first to measure media enjoyment as the satisfaction of needs related to psychological well-being, using video ga”