How does 'Seven Days' and 'The Only Way Is Essex' challenge the relations between audience and the text?

Reality

• Contrast in what is real and unreal

Audience

• Involving with twitter (Seven Days)

Stereotypes

• Playing with the stereotype (Only Way Is Essex)

Use of other media

• Facebook/ twitter
• Contemporary radio/ news headlines

Simulcra

• An image of a representation built by stereotypes (Only Way Is Essex)

Documentary

• Contrast in lifestyles

How does 'Seven Days' and 'The Only Way Is Essex' challenge the relations between audience and the text?

‘Seven days’ and ‘The only was is Essex’ use forms of media techniques such as simulacra and simulation to create a contrast in reality and stimulated drama.
Simulacra is a copy without an original, an image or representation built by opinions and stereotypes, in relation to this, simulation which is a model of the real or the creation of the real through conceptual or "mythological" models with no connection to reality. Creating a world of hyper reality where real and unreal become blurred. Fashion, relationships and music all become dictated by their ideal models presented through the media.