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Reality TV : Realism and Revelation / Anita Biressi, Heather Nunn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781904764045
  • 9780231850261
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.45655
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.8.R
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231850261

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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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