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The Sabermetrics Of Survivor – The Role Of In-Group Identity To Survival In Reality Television, Andrew Hanson

Undergraduate Research Journal

Every day people are thrust into situations in which they are forced to work with individuals they don’t know. Often times, these people come from different backgrounds. The only rules these people are bound by are the laws and norms of society, which they may or may not break. In reality television game shows such as Survivor, a microcosm of real life and how we live is created. This paper examines how small group dynamics play out in the sixth season of the show “Survivor.” In the show strangers are forced to work together and create a society for themselves, …