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This paper provides a response to Terri Patkin's position that reality TV creates a "false sense of community through vicarious experience instead of a real sense of community through shared experience". It analyzes the various social roles and how they are influenced by reality TV in terms of how the notion of "reality" is conceptualized and how these roles contribute to this conceptualization. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.

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"According to Jagodozinki (2003), today, the average television viewer cannot help but be bombarded by the plethora of so-called "reality television" that serve to define the contemporary American television landscape; programs such as America's Funniest Home Videos, tabloid news Hard Copy, A Current Affair, American Journal, America's Most Wanted, The Stories of the Highway Patrol, as well as stunt videos of every conceivable extreme sport imaginable, such as motorcycling, skiing, skateboarding, bungee jumping, parachuting."

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