Rachel E. Dubrofsky and Antoine Hardy mention on page 378 of their article "Performing Race in Flavor of Love and the Bachelor" that people now are "comfortable with surveillance and welcome it into their lives as a way of affirming who they are." Is this true? I want to gauge every ones reaction to this as I completely disagree. Maybe I am a more private person as I won't even create a Facebook page, but I don't believe that everyone as a majority is OK with being recorded or televised for others to see. I would never do a Realty T.V. show as there is no need for others to be that into my life and business. Am I alone thinking this? Are most of you comfortable with being recorded or even want to be a part of any type of "RTV"?
-Tracy Bowen
Facebook to me is almost like being on a RTV show. Much like on RTV shows, those that want to be exploited usually can quickly be identified (those who blow up your wall), and those that shy away from the attention (those who hardly appear)are left under the radar, and less entertaining to follow. Again, whether or not we care what goes on in any of these peoples lives, we still have the somewhat need to 'know' what goes on, or 'what happens' next, much like week to week on a RTV show we become connected to.
I agree with the comment above, that Facebook is a version of reality tv without the tv part. I guess you could say reality internet or something of the sort. I'm definitely guilty of following the drama of some of my Facebook friends, because it's so ridiculous that they would willingly air out all their problems on Facebook and sometimes I get a good laugh at what they're putting out there. I personally don't put everything out there for everyone to see (or read) and I find it hard to understand why people would do that. The only reasoning I can come up with is that they like to be the center of attention and their actions are a way for them to say "Look at me!"