The Beginning of Blogs... and reality TV

As the always-buzzing media circus continues to grow, one might wonder how it all began… What celebrity was first to publically address their fans? What television program first began having “after show” specials where viewers could asks the stars personal questions? What producers first decided that incorporating audiences into the show would lead to increased popularity? Or essentially, who created the process of conveying technical information through writing, speech, and other media to a their audiences?
Debuting in 1948, Candid Camera was actually the first television show to include their audiences. Now, American television is at a point where audiences essentially become the stars. From that, the cycle continues.
The 1940’s also included talent searches such as Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts and the Miss America Pageant, which boosted the contenders into celebrity status in the nation. The show that dominated them all and changed reality television forever debuted in 1992. MTV debuted their new series, The Real World, which continues to air years later. The Real World opened the door to other reality series such as Survivor and American Idol. Along with American Idol came another entertainment concept involving the audience. The show aimed to discover the best singer in America through a series of nation-wide auditions. The innovative idea was viewer voting to determine the winner. Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, and Kris Allen have become the shows winners by gaining audience votes through telephone and SMS Text voting.

Discovering the foundation of where all technological audiences began is comparable to finding a needle in a haystack. However, I can attempt to find the beginning information. In 2006 Twitter formed another communication outlet for stars to immediately address the public and media. Jack Dorsey, Chairman, Evan Williams, CEO, and Biz Stone, Creative Director created the mobile social network service that has become the fiftieth most popular websites worldwide.

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So, it is not really a question of who began the whole process, but more of where will it go next? … we shall see!