A Study on the impact of Tamil Reality Show and their viewing behaviour among Children in Madurai. District: A Pilot Study

Abstract

In the contemporary scenario television is one of the prominent forms of entertainment. Among the television programmes reality shows play a very important role in engaging audience. The term reality show or reality television could be said as unscripted or people put in real situation and audiences watch how they react. The television rating point of such television shows is tremendously increasing because these shows reach the public so that they tend to participate and become popular contesting on this shows. These shows are very popular due to their interactivity in the form of opinion polls, SMS voting etc. In this study the researcher focuses on the impact of Tamil reality shows on children and their viewing pattern. Objectives were framed and hypotheses were formulated. To achieve the results for the objective a survey questionnaire was circulated among the children with the age group of 9 to 12. The opinions were recorded and processed in SPSS software. The research work determines and summarizes the characteristics in connection with reality television programmes.