TV, public school and Ryan's fall | Analysis

Her er Studienets analysehjælp til artiklen “TV, public school and Ryan's fall” af Amelia Hill og Kamal Ahmed. Teksten er fra lærebogen Contexts (s. 145) under temaet DIFFERENT WORLDS.

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: "TV, public school and Ryan's fall"
Forfattere: Amelia Hill og Kamal Ahmed
Genre: Artikel
Udgivelsesår: 2003 i The Observer

Amelia Hill er senior reporter i den britiske medie The Guardian, som også ejer The Observer, hvor artiklen er bragt. Kamal Ahmed arbejdede som blogger for The Observer.

Uddrag

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The impact of reality shows

The text is illustrative of the impact reality shows might have on people’s lives. Ryan Bell was the star of a reality show for a year. While that year proved to be a very good one for him, getting him back on track after years spent in poverty, he eventually got used to the attention. When the show ended, he went on a downward spiral which eventually got him expelled from school.

The text is quite clear about the negative influences such a reality TV show might have: “'The biggest mistake we made was not realising that Ryan had