The media tends to falsely represent reality to its audiences by carefully selecting ideas, constructing plot lines, and formulating situations for its shows. Often, what we see on television is a constructed idea or image which is represented as something different from one's own reality. One may consider "The Bachelor" a reality TV show because it is represented and presented that way, but is it truly reality? Yeah, the idea of dating and falling in love is a reality that happens in most people's lives. But I wouldn't consider competing for the love of a handsome and wealthy doctor/athlete/businessman/pilot in a competition among 19 other good looking women an ACTUALITY. Life doesn't always work that way in a fantasy dream world where you get the opportunity to win a good looking and successful man's affection.
The show is portraying the wrong reality to young girls that bachelors are young, good looking, desired, unmarried men. That's an "eligible" bachelor, and clearly not every bachelor is at his prime. Plus these episodes are thoroughly planned out between the settings, the dates, and the rose distribution ceremonies. While this show is not entirely scripted and staged, I wouldn't call it a full reality. Producers continuously represent this notion of "reality" within dating shows as events only fantasized or dreamed of. There's a consistent plot and formula to each season of the show that keeps its female viewers watching.
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