Images: Creating/Reflecting "reality"

The media is such a powerful force in today's society because of its ability to spread information quickly and to large quantities of people. We grow up seeing these images and they become our reality. But that reality can change when we have personal interaction or a personal experience with a person of that profession. Then their impression, good or bad, becomes our reality. Even if their are a few people that are fighting to change those impressions, if they do not have a media outlet to do so, the change is slow. With interior design we do have large media outlets through channels such as DIY, HGTV or TLC. However, some shows on these channels continue to perpetuate the stereotype of a "decorator", not accurately displaying the reality of the interior design. The building codes, calculations, structural restrictions, and order forms do not make good TV.