Reality TV : Realism and Revelation /
Biressi, Anita
Reality TV : Realism and Revelation / Anita Biressi, Heather Nunn. - 1 online resource (224 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Reality debates -- 2. Real lives, documentary approaches -- 3. Just being themsleves: from docudrama to new observational documentary -- 4. Personalising the documentary: from video diary to Errol Morris -- 5. Therapeutic culture: narcissism and self-revelation -- 6. Trauma as popular cultural script: from talk show to lifestyle programming -- 7. Video justice: reality crime television -- 8. Man in a glass box -- Conclusion. 'Reach for the stars': celebrity, social mobility and the future of reality TV -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book analyses new and hybrid genres of television including observational documentaries, talk shows, game shows, docu-soaps, dramatic reconstructions, law and order programming and 24/7 formats such as Big Brother and Survivor.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781904764045 9780231850261
10.7312/bire476405 doi
Realism on television.
Reality television programs--Social aspects.
Reality television programs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
PN1992.8.R
791.45655
Reality TV : Realism and Revelation / Anita Biressi, Heather Nunn. - 1 online resource (224 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Reality debates -- 2. Real lives, documentary approaches -- 3. Just being themsleves: from docudrama to new observational documentary -- 4. Personalising the documentary: from video diary to Errol Morris -- 5. Therapeutic culture: narcissism and self-revelation -- 6. Trauma as popular cultural script: from talk show to lifestyle programming -- 7. Video justice: reality crime television -- 8. Man in a glass box -- Conclusion. 'Reach for the stars': celebrity, social mobility and the future of reality TV -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book analyses new and hybrid genres of television including observational documentaries, talk shows, game shows, docu-soaps, dramatic reconstructions, law and order programming and 24/7 formats such as Big Brother and Survivor.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781904764045 9780231850261
10.7312/bire476405 doi
Realism on television.
Reality television programs--Social aspects.
Reality television programs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
PN1992.8.R
791.45655