Love Island: Why I applied when I was feeling lost

Love Island: Why I applied when I was feeling lost

This is certainly not an original experience. It may not be a common experience, but I’m confident this is a shared experience for some readers out there, who decided their life would be better if they went to Majorca for 6 weeks with hot men. I had been dumped...
How real is reality TV?

How real is reality TV?

“Everything we see on screen is real, of course. We record reality.”  But can we actually trust that what we see on screen is real? Or was it just made up by the crew  to delicately craft the most riveting, scandalous, headline-grabbing storylines? And what...
Big Brother and the panopticon legacy

Big Brother and the panopticon legacy

What began as Bentham’s blueprint for control now lives on in the Big Brother reality TV show. It may look like entertainment, but beneath the surface, surveillance is more than just a spectacle, it shapes how we act, who we are, and who’s in control. Historically,...