Some perspective

Scientific law (a heady phrase) prescribes that you cannot observe something without altering it.

cf. Camera

Actors for cameras are trained to ignore them, while telegraphing their actions through them.

I wonder if there is any simpler way to alter someone's behavior than to place them on camera.

Reality TV, you say? If they're not aware of the camera, they still know it's there. My faith in humanity compels me to believe that the lunacy on the Real World (surprisingly, still exists), Fear Factor, the forced smiles on American Idol, all result from the knowledge that someone somewhere is watching you.

Or as Sly Stone would have it, "Somebody's watching you."

Though his sentiment may have been illicitly induced (e.g. "The nicer the nice, the higher the price"), it may not have been all paranoia. Perhaps prescience?