The reality entertainment program, which has been communicating with viewers with trust and sincerity, is giving viewers disappointment with false broadcasts such as content manipulation.
Ham So-won(Korean actress) and Jin-hua(Chinese blogger & influencer) couple, who appeared in one of the most popular reality TV show in Korea('The Taste of Wife'), are older and younger couples who overcame the age gap of 18, and they drew attention by revealing their splendid honeymoon and parenting process.
However, as early viewers continued to raise suspicions of manipulation of the contents of the broadcast while questioning several scenes, the Ham So-won couple got off the program after acknowledging some facts, and the program was also abolished. The purpose of the production to deal with the simple everyday life of celebrity couples disappeared everywhere, and the viewers' faith fell to the bottom.
Even in reality entertainment programs, fun is important. This is because it has to attract new viewers and catch a topic. This is the reason why the material is quickly exhausted just with the 100% real appearance of the performer, so a little setting such as situational drama is added like a'necessary evil'. The more the celebrity is the main character, the more severe the degree. In this process, the involvement of the production crew aiming for fun and excessive greed of the cast will eventually flow into 'manipulation'.
The problem is that the Korea Communications Commission's punishment for excessive directing and manipulation of reality entertainment programs is excessively'cotton bat'. The highest level of disciplinary action under the Broadcasting Act is a fine of up to 300 million won(2700 dollars in US currency). Considering the advertising income earned by these programs, the weight of the point is that the relevant laws should be strengthened.
The production demand for reality entertainment programs is expected to continue for the time being. The trend of lifestyle pursuing 'small happiness' stemming from the threat of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is helping this phenomenon. In addition, it is also attractive that it can raise a high audience rating with a relatively low production cost. As a broadcaster who cares about profitability, it increased by increasing the number of episodes, but there is no way to reduce it.
But now is the time to care about quality as much as quantity. The production crew should pursue a natural directing worthy of the name'real', and should not confuse viewers by broadcasting non-true contents as if they were true. It is time to clarify the verification of the performers, and when controversy arises, it is time to reorganize regulations and related laws to pay and punish them.
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