My research topic is how does reality television impact our society’s sociological behaviors. As an avid TV watcher, I have noticed over the years that the way in which our behaviors as humans are sometimes influenced by television especially reality tv. Essentially this gave me the idea to question reality television sociological impacts on our behavior. I believe the databases I have used are great tools that I will use while completing this final project and the results of those searches are shown below.

Database: ProQuest

• Search: Television and Behaviors
• Filters: Year: 2015-present; Scholarly Journals
• Results: 18,510
• The results I found in this database search were very promising because a majority of the journals I found were specifically related to my research question. I plan to use a good amount of these articles in my final project.

Database: EBSCO Host

• Search: Reality TV effects out society
• Filters: Year: 2017-present; Scholarly and peer reviewed journals
• Results: 526
• This search really provided a lot of guidelines in which I plan to use when conduction my research for the final projects and will help keep a clear vision on what kinds of articles I want to use.

Database: Taylor and Francis

• Search: Reality TV Behavior Effects
• Filters: Full Text; Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals
• Results: 333
• This search provided a lot of information on my topic and it especially gave me a lot of insight into the psychological side of my question.

Database: Google Scholar

• Search: Society and Television
• Results: 50
• The results I found that this search went really well because it gave me some insight into the more historical side of the television part of my topic.

Bibliography:

Source 1- Slater, D., & Elliott, W. R. (1982). Television’s influence on social reality. The Quarterly Journal of Speech, 68(1), 69-79. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/televisions-influence-on-social-reality/docview/60957961/se-2?accountid=27424

Annotation: This particular article will lay the groundwork for my topic and will help shape the basis of my argument. The abstract of the article gives me a clear view of what the article is going to be about and after reading it I think the information discussed is going to be a great reference for my research project.

Source 2- JAE-WOONG YOO, SAMSUP JO, & JAEMIN JUNG. (2014). The Effects of Television Viewing, Cultural Proximity, and Ethnocentrism on Country Image. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 42(1), 89–96. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2014.42.1.89

Annotation: This article will help me explain more in detail the societal standpoint of my topic and help the readers understand more about how us humans interact with television itself.

Source 3- Robertson, J. V. (2012). Mobile device viewing behaviors of college students an investigation of how the use of mobile devices modifies television program viewing behaviors of college students (Order No. 1512366). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: Literature & Language; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: Social Sciences; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: The Arts. (1022976170). Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/mobile-device-viewing-behaviors-college-students/docview/1022976170/se-2?accountid=27424

Annotation: This specific source will provide a background on technology itself and how it affects the behaviors of certain age groups

Source 4- Tsay-Vogel, M., & Krakowiak, K. M. (2016). Inspirational Reality TV: The Prosocial Effects of Lifestyle Transforming Reality Programs on Elevation and Altruism. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 60(4), 567–586. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2016.1234474

Annotation: The way in which this article will be useful to my project is that it will give background information about the way in which reality television affects our societal lifestyle.

Source 5- Kühne, R., & Opree, S. J. (2020). From Admiration to Devotion? The Longitudinal Relation between Adolescents’ Involvement with and Viewing Frequency of Reality TV. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 64(2), 111–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2020.1728688

Annotation: This source will be useful to my project because it will provide information and background on how technology affects the younger generations minds and behaviors.