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Key articles used to determine the truth are:
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“You can’t handle my truth: Reality TV’s trompe-l’oeil effect and the (im)possible reality of its participants” by Hugh Curnutt
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"Transmedia Storytelling, Corporate Synergy, and Audience Expression” by Leigh Edwards
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"Welcome to the Jungle of the Real: Simulation, Commoditization, and Survivor" by Christopher Wright
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“Paradox and the Consumption of Authenticity through Reality Television” by Randall Rose and Stacy Wood
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"Keeping Up the Kardashian Brand: Celebrity, Materialism, and Sexuality" by Andrea McDonnell
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“Television and the self: Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation” by Andrea McDonnell
The Odyssey
After conducting detailed research, it became obvious that multiple peer-reviewed sources came to the same consensus: reality television is a contrived product used to gain revenue from viewers.
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