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Originally posted by Grojlach:
And even taking out the possible staging and scripting factor from reality shows, there's still not much reality in it; mostly because practically every single person will act differently with a camera nearby than they would without one. Whether they're trying to make themselves look better or look like a charicature, cameras will always have some sort of effect on their behaviour; even if it's only something minor as keeping a nose-picking addiction under control. 
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Yes exactly. Shows like Big Brother advertise as 'how do real people behave in situations like this' - well yes, it is showing how real people behave with a lot of cameras watching their every move, but it's hardly how they'd behave in real life if there were no cameras (or they didn't know the cameras were there). It's all acting, nothing 'real' about it.