Volume 07 Issue 03 March 2024
1Ahirika, Osondu Godswill, 2Okon Jacob, 3Mbuk Mboho
1,2,3Department of Performing Arts Akwa Ibom State University
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i03-72Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
This paper focuses on Reality TV Shows as a trending performance genre which has the capacity to unify the audience in space and idea, and also initiate financial reward to participants. The method of the research is qualitative, while Uses and Gratification Theory is the theoretical framework. The paper argues that there are many current innovations in performance and that a more friendly and enterprising one is Reality television show. Reality television showsinterrogate members of the audience live without embellishmentand easilystimulate immediacy and naturalness. It further argues that Reality TVshowsbring youths together and that many of the shows possess a reward system which encourages the audience to have a longing for them. It concludes that a performance type that can bring a convenient unification amongst the youths and equally reward participants should be encouraged. It recommends that Reality television shows should be de-centred from cities to reach the hinterlands in order to also assist the poor in the rural areas who actually need the reward the performances are doling in their shows..
KEYWORDS:Reality-Show, Performance, Innovation, Convergences, Reward.
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