The Reality of Reality TV

People who watch a lot of reality TV mimic the behavior they see on the shows and try to become celebrities — on Facebook and other social-networking Web sites — in their own right, according to a new study.
The study, "We're All Stars Now: Reality Television, Web 2.0 and Mediated Identities," indicates an erosion of the distinction between the everyday world and the celebrity world, in which common people claim intimacy with the completely mediated identities of such celebrities as Britney Spears or Brad Pitt.
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Reality TV is rated as the second worst idea of all time behind the atom bomb, according to a survey.
BBC News report is HERE