Hello my name is Annie Sharp
I’m a student at Ole Miss 
I am studying to become an unscripted television producer. My infatuation with reality TV started when I was young and has gotten so much more intense now I that I am older. Now not only do I care about watching it but I also am extremely picky with which production companies I will watch shows from. As a consumer, I think it is so important to feel as if I am “in on the joke”. It is so easy to deceive an audience but with consumers getting smarter the world of reality television is being exposed. 
With my connections and passion about the topics I know I will be able to find a clear answer as to how one event, the Quiz Show Scandal in the 1950s, concerning the miscommunication within the company between the producers and the personalities on camera as well as the consumer audience. impacted the industry as a whole and how or if the companies are still struggling with the same misconceptions today. 
I have an obscene amount of knowledge about various production companies and how shows on the same network differ in how truthful their content is. I am honing in my research to pin-point what has changed as a result and if this change is still as prominent as it was when then scandal first broke.
With all of the information I am able to find in not only academic journals but news articles and more, I think the best way to break in and find out  how this impacts the current industry, is to go straight to producers who are curating content now. 
Everything that I am able to find is going to be interesting for a consumer to hear as well as helpful for current or upcoming producers, like myself to understand so I can make sure I am catering to my audience in the best way possible. 
Producers who get a hold of my research will have the unique opportunity to use it in their advantage by modifying the things they put out in the world and making them more attractive to a viewer. 
I am open to advice and any contacts that may have more insight for this research project. So please feel free to share them with me and I will be sure to reach out. 
Thank you for taking the time to listen.

anniesharp