TY - BOOK AU - Biressi,Anita AU - Nunn,Heather TI - Reality TV: Realism and Revelation SN - 9781904764045 AV - PN1992.8.R U1 - 791.45655 PY - 2005///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - Realism on television KW - Reality television programs KW - Social aspects KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/bire476405 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231850261 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231850261/original ER -