Friday, November 7, 2008

"We just got married"



This Korean TV programme “We just got married” is popular not only in Korea but also in other countries. This is virtual reality show that selected top Korean celebrities falsely got married to assigned partners. They take wedding photos and further they live together as well. Each couple and each celebrity has different and diverse characteristics and this adds more entertainment and excitement to the viewers. Even though the situation is mostly scripted I can find communication theory in here and this could explain why this programme is so attractive to viewers and why it is getting more popular.

One of the four couples, I would like to explain the communication theory with this couple, Seo In Young and Crown J. Both of them are singers and love music but apart from that fact they are completely different. In real world, man and woman can also meet with who has opposite characteristic and even the TV show is fake they wisely take the factor which is same in real world. Crown J is quite gentle and try to get along with Seo In Young, she is quite selfish and tend to get what she wants first. Their individuality is quite unique and strong that at first they struggle and argue a lot.

From this couple, Knapp model of relational development can be applied. At first when Seo In Young and Crown J are met, they were trying to get to know each other. They tried to communicate in common subject and look for open communication channels moreover they try to create favorite initial impression. As they experimenting like allowing themselves to reveal personalities they were too relaxed that in intensifying stage they met difficulty in maintaining their relationship. However, they have disclosed their feelings to the other party, this worked well as this has helped their relationship to build the belief towards each other.

According to my experience and this TV programme, in every relationship, revealing own feeling and thought is quite important as this does not make any misunderstanding between one another.

As this TV programme is created to attract viewers, there is no broken up couples but each situation and each emotion shown in each episode delivers many message which makes viewers to think about relationship and moreover about marriage. Viewers agree with certain situation as they recollect their own experience and this makes them to watch this show.
One of the factors that makes this show popular is that it shows something that previous TV shows not shown. Until now, in most of virtual reality shows, it showed only pleasant scenes, but in this show, the camera is still on when couple got quarrel, show all their emotion towards another one and even when one is crying. These scenes delivers to viewers that even this show is scripted, indirectly made viewers to think that somehow this show is not that falsely taken. The real emotion of celebrities can be felt directly to viewers and this delicate factor draw viewer’s attention.

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