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.;Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Reality debates; 2. Real lives,
Reality TV: Realism and Revelation
โ Scribed by Anita Biressi; Heather Nunn
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 193
- Series
- Television Studies
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
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.
Anita Biressi is senior lecturer in cultural and media studies at University of Surrey, Roehampton. She is the author of Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories (2001). Heather Nunn is senior lecturer in cultural studies at University of Surrey, Roehampton. She is the author of Thatcher, Politics and Fantasy: The Political Culture of Gender and Nation (2002).
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