Does reality TV positively or negatively affect the natives of that area from which the show was filmed? What is a business professionals' outlook on it? I am interested in this question because I was born and raised at the "Jersey Shore" and it is nothing like the show represents the area. I can identify with the aspects of the show that involved the scenes at the boardwalk or at the beach when it was a great atmosphere but not their drunken rampages and ratchet personalities. The cast only had one person truly from New Jersey, about 50 to 80 minutes away from the beach while the rest were from New York. Overall, I feel it is a positive change because of the outcomes it brings. Businesses expand greatly in sales, and popularity. Locals have to deal with crowded beaches, cameras and people wanting to catch every glimpse of the cast but you know to avoid the area and it isn't so bad. 

I don't think it affects my values as much as it affects my image of being from New Jersey. I am asked where I am from and I say the beach area, the Jersey Shore, I dislike the questions that always dart to the show and if I'm from around there and have met any of them. Its frustrating because I want everyone to see the real Jersey Shore not how it was depicted on the show. My personal experience with this topic is that I am a local. I live ten minutes from where the show was filmed and have experienced the crowds and the cameras and the people who have traveled across the states just to visit my home, not because it's a beautiful area but to see if they can catch a glimpse of Snooki. I feel I am qualified to write about this because I have a personal stake in the research question. It is hard to have a strong opinion on this question because I do see both positive and negative sides but as hard as it is to say, I do believe there is a positive tourism effect on the Jersey Shore area overall due to the reality show. Not to say there aren't a few negatives but I think most of the positive aspects make up for it. When I look at it professionally, there are so many advantages to businesses, revenue from the beaches and many more. When I look at it from a personal perspective, there is another side of me that wishes the show was never filmed.

The central claim to my first article is the locals' perspective on two separate islands and the negative economic, social, cultural impacts verses the positive impacts. The major evidence is a data table showing the results of the negative verses positive feelings that locals mentioned. The values and interests of this article relate to my research topic because it is the same type of situation. It isn't a reality TV show but a major tourist area that locals are affected by. I think it is a credible source because it was found through a library database that need the articles to be verified before being published through the article database. 

The central claim of my second article is how the show brings many more views to websites and multiple copycat shows on other islands based off Survivor because of how many possibilities came from it. This article is not related to the Jersey Shore but it brings in the ideas of how another show was filmed in an area and the popularity that show brought. When relating reality TV to Survivor, Jersey Shore was filmed in a populated area where as Survivor was filmed in an area and that show made a name for the location. Its hard to relate because the island where Survivor was filmed wasn't populated. But I'm focusing more on how a show or movie attracts tourists to want to visit. The article brings up valid points about the positive media it brought to a location. But due to the filming of the show and seeing beautiful tourist spots, visitors have called seeing where the closest hotel is to that location so they can travel there and experience what Survivor members did. The major values and interests for this article are the positive affects it has on the travel industry for many locations. This article is posted on LexisNexis Academic and the original article was written in the New York Times which is a credible site and not biased of the author. 

The last article does a study about place identity on tourist impacts. It talks about their attitudes and theories. This article is leaning more towards the actual theories of place identity rather than the attitudes of tourists and how they feel but there are a few valid points mentioned. The tourist aspect surrounding a location is valued greatly by businesses and locals. The amount of revenue that comes in is major. It is a very credible source because it is found through South Carolina's database and on ScienceDirect. It was verified from CrossMark policies. It isn't biased towards my subject because it isn't about Jersey Shore specifically.

I feel as though the research question is arguable because you can either think reality TV tourism is positive or negative. You can think the town suffers or think they are benefiting from it because of the income, visitors, business etc. I do believe there is valid evidence to each side so it is hard to feel strongly about one over the other but if you are separating it professionally verses locally, there is ups and downs to each. 

There are multiple agreements and disagreements among the sources because they aren't fully based off Tourism from a reality TV show. I read one article that was based off the show Survivor and that Tourism benefits from Reality TV. I am researching more about reality TV and how it can relate to my topic question. The different perspectives of the sources affect my own in a positive and negative way. I do agree with some and there are things I don't fully agree with, especially being a local to an area that experienced the lime light. 

